February 25, 2010Swann CommunicationsAfrican American Art Hammons, or World’s Most Expensive Fly Swatter? Read more about Hammons, or World’s Most Expensive Fly Swatter? Among the top lots in the February 23, 2010 auction of African-American Fine Art was a unique Fly Swatter created in 1992 by contemporary artist David Hammons, which sold for…
Read more about James Amos Porter Archive Comes to Auction January 29, 2010 Printed & Manuscript African Americana James Amos Porter Archive Comes to Auction Among the highlights of our 15th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an incredible archive comprising James Amos Porter’s African-American Art History Reference materials. The lot contains…
Read more about Malvin Gray Johnson Painting in Swann African-American Fine Art Auction February 2010 December 22, 2009 African American Art Malvin Gray Johnson Painting in Swann African-American Fine Art Auction February 2010 Swann Galleries’ auction of African-American Fine Art on February 23, 2010, will offer approximately 160 lots from many notable collections and estates, including several museum-quality works. The sale’s top lot,…
December 3, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks The Photobook and Conceptual Art Sol LeWitt, Autobiography, illustrated with more than 1,000 reproductions of LeWitt’s sequential photographs of his apartment and possessions, first edition, New York, 1980. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. Conceptual Art first…
December 2, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks Ansel Adams’s ‘Moonrise’ at Auction December 2009 Ansel Adams’s position in the pantheon of master photographers is assured by his magisterial studies of the American landscape. Swann is pleased to offer Moonrise Over Hernandez in two iterations—a…
Read more about Lewis W. Hine, America’s First Photojournalist October 16, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks Lewis W. Hine, America’s First Photojournalist Among the highlights in our October 22, 2009 Photographs & Photographic Literature auction is a stunning array of 15 images by social reformer-cum-photographer, Lewis W. Hine. His photographs addressed issues…
October 14, 2009 African American Art Alma Thomas Paintings Hang in White House A painting by Alma Thomas will be hung in the White House during the Obama administration! Sky Light, 1973 (left), and Watusi (Hard Edge), 1963 (right), by Alma Thomas,…
October 14, 2009 Autographs A Brilliant Lot: Letter Signed by Thomas Edison Swann Galleries will be offering illuminating material related to scientists and inventors in its auction of Autographs on October 29. Among the many highlights is a Letter Signed by Thomas…
Read more about William Henry Fox Talbot: Father of Modern Photography October 13, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks William Henry Fox Talbot: Father of Modern Photography Swann’s October 22 Photographs auction offers several salted paper prints by William Henry Fox Talbot, which date from the early days of photography. Depicted in lush brown tones and compelling…
October 5, 2009 Photographs & Photobooks Diane Arbus and the American Art Scene Among the highlights in our October 22 auction of Photographs & Photographic Literature are portraits by Diane Arbus of key figures in the American Art Scene for a 1966 story…
Read more about Spotlight on John Biggers’s ‘Shotguns’ September 23, 2009 African American Art Spotlight on John Biggers’s ‘Shotguns’ The image that graces the cover of the auction catalogue for Swann Galleries’ sale of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, October 8, 2009, is John Biggers’s powerful 1987 oil and…
Read more about Richard L. Brown Painting to be Offered in October 2009 September 17, 2009 African American Art Richard L. Brown Painting to be Offered in October 2009 Our October 8, 2009 auction of African-American Fine Art featured the Richard L. Brown painting Mt. Monadnock, 1911, which sold for $7,200.
Read more about Cornelius Marion Battey Photographic Portraits Discovered September 16, 2009 African American Art Cornelius Marion Battey Photographic Portraits Discovered Our October 8, 2009 African-American Fine Art auction marks the first time that early photographer Cornelius Marion Battey’s photographic portraits will come to auction. These photographs were recently discovered in…
Read more about Collection of Rare and Important Bibles to be Offered at Swann in 2009 August 13, 2009 Printed & Manuscript Americana Collection of Rare and Important Bibles to be Offered at Swann in 2009 Two of Swann Galleries’ autumn 2009 auctions feature desirable Bibles from the collection of Mel and Julie Meadows—it is the largest offering of Bibles to come up for auction in recent years.
Read more about Howard Hughes Material to be Offered in September 17, 2009 Sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana July 20, 2009 Printed & Manuscript Americana Howard Hughes Material to be Offered in September 17, 2009 Sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana Swann will kick off our fall season with an auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana September 17, 2009 which features an archive of material related to the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.
Read more about Swann President Nicholas D. Lowry on the Recession May 21, 2009 Swann Swann President Nicholas D. Lowry on the Recession Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann President and Current President of the International Auctioneers consortium, recently shared his thoughts on the impact of the economic downturn on the auction business.
Read more about Elizabeth Catlett Speaks at MoMA May 20, 2009 African American Art Elizabeth Catlett Speaks at MoMA Conversations: Among Friends – May 19, 2009 On May 19, 2009, 94-year-old Elizabeth Catlett and David C. Driskell shared “Conversations: Among Friends,” at the Museum of Modern Art. Driskell, a…