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

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’…

Vic, Shell Oil & Petrol / For Quick - Starting, 1930. Estimate $1,500 to $2,000.
April 21, 2023 Graphic Design

Swann’s annual Graphic Design auction gets better and better with each passing year. As more people find interest and delight in the material, still others bring us wonderful…

Beyond Fashion: Photography in a Category Overlooked in the Fine Art Lexicon Though ostensibly fashion photography is simply intended to sell a product or a lifestyle, the…

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…

April 4, 2023 Early Printed Books

A period hand-colored edition of Tasso’s La Gieursalemme Libertata features extraordinary work, with full-page engravings colored completely by hand in atmospheric chalky…