Fine Art

Will Barnet, Study for “Summer Idyll,” oil, pen & ink, 1975. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
August 29, 2023

There are numerous dynamic works by early twentieth- century American modernists, including Edward Hopper, Abraham Walkowitz, Oscar Bluemner, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth,…

June 13, 2023

A standout offering of original illustration art features in the June 15 sale of Fine Books & Autographs. Below is a selection of highlights from the auction. Charles Schulz…

June 6, 2023

The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of women to art, life, and society, brought $361,090, a total more…

May 30, 2023

The date was mid-April 1966 and Norman Dolph sat at the soundboard at the ramshackle Scepter Studios on West 54th Street in Manhattan, recording songs by a quartet…

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, first American editions, finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery, Boston, 1954-56. Estimate $9,000 to $12,000. 
May 24, 2023

Our June Fine Books & Autographs sale features remarkable items signed by U.S. Presidents, musicians, and entertainers, as well as a special selection of autographs by…

May 16, 2023

Our May 25, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art auction features a wide array: from the Post-Impressionist era, a work on paper by Gwen John, up to the works of abstract artist James…

Andy Warhol, Flowers, color screenprint, 1970. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
May 16, 2023

Highlights include a stunning impression of Jasper Johns’ scarce, early False Start II, dating from his first years as a printmaker, in which he cleverly juxtaposed…

Judith Rothschild, Monterey Pine, oil on canvas, 1953. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
April 26, 2023

Among the highlights are a large oil by African American abstract painter, Norman Lewis, dated 1966, and an oil from the same year by the author of the New York Times’…

April 11, 2023

Perhaps the most impressive offering in our nineteenth century section is the original first edition of Francisco de Goya’s monumental Los Desastres de la…

March 29, 2023

Spring has just about sprung, and Swann Galleries' resident Americana specialist, and director of the house's books and manuscripts department, is sharing a selection of lots from…