Global Artists Lead the Way in Modern & Post-War Art The Thursday, May 22 sale of Modern & Post-War Art brought $477,418 with a 72% sell-through rate by lot, with top…
We humans are adaptable. In conceiving creations, the artist must consider the space where the artwork will exist. Scale is an important factor in art, both in its creation and…
Our May Modern & Post-War Art auction brings together the many subcategories of Modernist art, offering a tremendous range of techniques and philosophies.
Swann Galleries is very proud to have been the first auction house to sell the paintings of the great late Barkley Hendricks beginning in 2009. We were also the first auction…
This October Modern & Post-War art auction will feature works by Janice Biala, Joe Brainard, William Grosvenor Congdon, Lynne Drexler, Helen Frankenthaler, Karl Knaths, Paul…
“Isadora was my strongest weakness. She was like music. When she moved, it was like the sound of violins,” said Russian-American painter Abraham Walkowitz of his muse, modern…
In the 2024 Winter-Spring season, Swann Galleries continued to provide high-quality auctions of unusual and rare material. Several single-owner collections were featured,…
Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements II The post-war era of art, as an auction category, is simply a construct used to differentiate art…
Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements In early 2020 I joined Swann and created the Modern & Post-War Art department. This category…
