November 13, 2024Kelsie JankowskiSwann Swann in Profile: Lisa Crescenzo Read more about Swann in Profile: Lisa Crescenzo After 10 years with Swann and the reorganization of the house’s fine art offerings, Lisa Crescenzo is now the Managing Director of Fine Art. As she transitions into her new…
Read more about Artist Profile: Roberto Kazuya Sakai November 8, 2024 Modern & Post-War Art Artist Profile: Roberto Kazuya Sakai Picking a favorite work of art in our season’s auction lineup is kind of like picking a favorite puppy in a litter. I love them all in different ways, and…
Read more about Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — November 12, 2024 October 22, 2024 Modern & Post-War Art Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — November 12, 2024 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 Jenkins, Merton Simpson, and Jane Wilson.
Read more about Movement on Paper: The Work of Abraham Walkowitz September 12, 2024 American Art Movement on Paper: The Work of Abraham Walkowitz “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 dancer Isadora…
Read more about This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2024 Auctions in Review July 15, 2024 19th & 20th Century Literature This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2024 Auctions in Review 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, including Illustration Art: Featuring Highlights from the Collection…
Read more about Reintroducing Swann’s Fine Art Department June 12, 2024 Fine Art Reintroducing Swann’s Fine Art Department Swann Galleries announced on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the reorganization of their fine art offerings under the leadership of Nigel Freeman. This change comes with the news of the retirement…
Read more about Surrealist Centennial: 100 Years of the Surrealist Manifesto April 24, 2024 Modern & Post-War Art Surrealist Centennial: 100 Years of the Surrealist Manifesto André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto was first published in 1924. Breton, a writer and member of an earlier art movement known as Dada, penned the ideas of himself and his compatriots.…
Read more about Essential Modern & Post-War Art Terms & Movements — Part II April 22, 2024 Modern & Post-War Art Essential Modern & Post-War Art Terms & Movements — Part II 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 movements occurring after…
Read more about Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — May 2, 2024 March 21, 2024 Modern & Post-War Art Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — May 2, 2024 Highlights from the upcoming spring Modern & Post-War Art Sale.
Read more about Records & Results: The Artists of the WPA — January 25, 2024 February 1, 2024 American Art Records & Results: The Artists of the WPA — January 25, 2024 Swann Galleries opened the winter 2024 season with the fourth iteration of The Artist of the WPA. The timed online auction closed Thursday, January 25, with an 89% sell-through rate…
Read more about 2023: Year in Review December 19, 2023 Swann 2023: Year in Review Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several collections, including a special selection of 100 works from the Stephen White collection in…
Read more about Auction Highlights: The Artists of the WPA — Timed Sale Closing January 25, 2024 December 18, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art Auction Highlights: The Artists of the WPA — Timed Sale Closing January 25, 2024 Highlights from the December 14, 2023 auction of Illustration Art.
Read more about Essential Modern & Post-War Art Terms & Movements — Part I November 16, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art Essential Modern & Post-War Art Terms & Movements — Part I 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 goes against the grain slightly,…
Read more about Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — November 30, 2023 October 26, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — November 30, 2023 The fall Modern & Post-War Art auction will include work from the early twentieth century through post-World War II art movements such as Pop, Minimalism, and Abstract Expressionism. Jack Tworkov…
Read more about Artist Profile: Edith Schloss May 16, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art Artist Profile: Edith Schloss 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…
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: May 25, 2023 Auction Highlights April 26, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: May 25, 2023 Auction Highlights Our May 25th Modern and Post-War Art auction has a wide array of art from the Post-Impressionist era, ranging from a work on paper by Gwen John up to the…
Read more about Artist Profile: Joseph Cornell March 20, 2023 Prints & Drawings Artist Profile: Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell & His Own Brand of American Surrealism Though now considered one of the few American proponents of Surrealism, Joseph Cornell was apprehensive about the affiliation, once admitting to…
Read more about 2022: Year in Review January 3, 2023 19th & 20th Century Literature 2022: Year in Review 2022 was a historic year for Swann in more ways than one. The house celebrated its 80th year of auctions, bringing with it the 70th anniversary of the first photography…
Read more about Records & Results: Modern & Post-War Art Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene — December 2022 December 13, 2022 Modern & Post-War Art Records & Results: Modern & Post-War Art Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene — December 2022 Swann Galleries kicked the final month of 2022 off with a sale of Modern & Post-War Art featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene on December 1 to great fanfare.…
Read more about Latinx Art in the December 2022 Sale of Modern & Post-War Art November 28, 2022 Modern & Post-War Art Latinx Art in the December 2022 Sale of Modern & Post-War Art Rafael Tufiño Rafael Tufiño was born in Brooklyn, NY, and moved to Puerto Rico at age ten. He served in the US Army from 1943-1946 during the Second World War.…
Read more about Artist Profile: Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene November 28, 2022 African American Art Artist Profile: Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene Alma Thomas: Early Life & Career Born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1891, Alma Thomas was the eldest of four daughters in a family immersed in art and culture. The Thomas…
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene — December 1, 2022 Auction Highlights November 8, 2022 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene — December 1, 2022 Auction Highlights The Modern & Post-War Art auction has works beginning with early modernism through post-war abstraction, as well as Latin-American and Latinx art. Modern works by John Piper, William Zorach, and…
Read more about This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2022 Auctions in Review August 22, 2022 19th & 20th Century Literature This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2022 Auctions in Review The winter-spring auction season at Swann is a masterclass in marathon training, and the 2022 iteration proved no different with 20 auctions held between late January and the middle of August.
Read more about Introducing Latinx Art: Carlos Osorio, Nitza Tufiño & More May 16, 2022 Modern & Post-War Art Introducing Latinx Art: Carlos Osorio, Nitza Tufiño & More This season Swann is introducing Latinx Art as a featured category in our May 26 Modern & Post-War Art auction.
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: May 26, 2022 Auction Highlights April 29, 2022 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: May 26, 2022 Auction Highlights This season’s Modern & Post-War Art auction is set to present a broad scope of artistic movements, featuring Selections From the Gary Snyder Collection. The collection forms the cornerstone of…
Read more about 2021: Year in Review December 22, 2021 Swann 2021: Year in Review As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.
Read more about Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Works to Watch in the December 2, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Auction November 23, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Works to Watch in the December 2, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Auction We tasked our Modern & Post-War Art Director, Harold Porcher, to share the top lots to watch in the upcoming auction on December 2. Fine Sculpture Abstract Works Abstract Works
Read more about Latin-American Modernists November 6, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Latin-American Modernists The end of the nineteenth century brought the Machine Age. Many wonderful innovations such as electrification, the assembly line, skyscrapers, and radio broadcast made communication and travel faster, and products…
Read more about LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Auction Bests Itself for the Third Year in a Row August 23, 2021 LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Auction Bests Itself for the Third Year in a Row Auction Brings $1.3M and Records Abound New Record for Tom of Finland, Shattering Top Price Set by Swann Last Year “Swann’s third annual auction of LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture &…
Read more about Highlights From The Virginia Zabriskie Collection August 20, 2021 American Art Highlights From The Virginia Zabriskie Collection We are honored to offer the collection of Virginia Zabriskie in a special single-owner auction that opens our 2021 fall season. Virginia Zabriskie’s personal collection was built during a pioneering career spanning more than five decades, marked by audacity and innovation in a field that was seldom encouraging to professional women.
Read more about May & June 2021 Fine Art Sales Roundup for Swann Galleries June 24, 2021 Swann May & June 2021 Fine Art Sales Roundup for Swann Galleries Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs & Contemporary Art Auctions of Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries in late May and early June 2021…
Read more about Synchromism: Modern Art Conceived by American Artists May 14, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Synchromism: Modern Art Conceived by American Artists When Paul Cezanne left Paris and the Impressionist movement to explore his independent concepts of capturing time and space on the two-dimensional picture plane through light, color, and form, he…
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: May 2021 Auction Highlights April 27, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: May 2021 Auction Highlights Featuring works by Elaine de Kooning, John Little, John Wesley, and Robert Motherwell, as well as works by members of the American Abstract Artists group, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, American Surrealism, The Irascibles, The Club, and in the movements of Color Field, Pop, Minimalism, Cubism and Synchronism, among others.
Read more about Harold Porcher Explores Mexican Muralists & Their Impact on the WPA February 1, 2021 The Artists of the WPA Harold Porcher Explores Mexican Muralists & Their Impact on the WPA The Whitney Museum of American Art’s recent exhibition, Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945, was a comprehensive evaluation of post-revolution art in Mexico and the powerful influence it…
Read more about Harold Porcher’s Debrief on the First Modern & Post-War Art Auction At Swann January 6, 2021 Modern & Post-War Art Harold Porcher’s Debrief on the First Modern & Post-War Art Auction At Swann On December 3, 2020, we held our first Modern and Post-War Art auction. The sale was met with enthusiasm by collectors generating success for a number of works on offer.…
Read more about 2020: Year in Review December 23, 2020 Swann 2020: Year in Review In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and innovative as ever, bringing forward new and safe ways to…
Read more about Swann Sets Hedda Sterne Record in Inaugural Sale of Modern & Post-War Art December 8, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Swann Sets Hedda Sterne Record in Inaugural Sale of Modern & Post-War Art Our first sale of Modern & Post-War Art on Thursday, December 3, 2020, proved to be a major success with a sale total of $739,155 (over $200,000 above the sale’s…
Read more about Harold Porcher’s Five Key Artists in the December 3 Modern & Post-War Art Sale November 25, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Harold Porcher’s Five Key Artists in the December 3 Modern & Post-War Art Sale Our Director of Modern & Post-War Art, Harold Porcher, shares his top picks from the December 3 sale—the house’s first auction in the category. Irene Rice Pereira Irene Rice Pereira…
Read more about Happening November 30: Artists That Went Against The Grain November 20, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Happening November 30: Artists That Went Against The Grain Starting with H.C. Westermann in Chicago and winding its way through other artists that made a practice of going against the grain, Swann Director of Modern & Post-War Art Harold Porcher will be in conversation with scholar Antonia Pocock, discussing Westermann, Hedda Sterne, Robert Therrien, Allan Kaprow, and Claes Oldenburg.
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: December 2020 Highlights November 9, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: December 2020 Highlights At Auction December 3, 2020 This auction features high-quality examples by sought-after artists Sargent Johnson, Hughie Lee-Smith, Sam Middleton, John Little, Allan Kaprow, and Adolph Gottlieb. Works by Esteban Vicente,…
Read more about The Virginia Zabriskie Collection September 14, 2020 Prints & Drawings The Virginia Zabriskie Collection We are honored to offer the collection of Virginia Zabriskie in a special single-owner auction in 2021. Virginia Zabriskie’s (1927-2019) personal collection was not only manifested in her discerning taste, but during a pioneering career spanning more than five decades marked by audacity and innovation in a field that was not always encouraging to professional women.
Read more about Modern & Post-War Art: Consign Now for December 2020 September 2, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Modern & Post-War Art: Consign Now for December 2020 We’re pleased to be growing our offerings this category, with Harold Porcher leading our new sales of Modern & Post-War Art. Building on our strong history of handling material by diverse modern and post-war artists, now is the time to consign to our debut sale. Consign today for our inaugural December 2020 auction.
Read more about An Introduction to the Transcendental Painting Group June 12, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art An Introduction to the Transcendental Painting Group Modernism’s Arrival in the United States Modernism arrived in the United States in two waves. The first of these occurred in the dawn of the twentieth century, influenced by the…
Read more about Cultural Cross-Currents: The Indian Space Painters April 8, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Cultural Cross-Currents: The Indian Space Painters The Indian Space Painters may be the modern artists most closely associated with Native American art. In Haida and Tlingit art, these American modernists found anthropomorphic interlocking subject matter that lent itself to the Surrealist abstraction they were already emulating in their own paintings.
Read more about Swann in Profile: Harold Porcher March 5, 2020 Swann Swann in Profile: Harold Porcher In the latest installment in our Swann in Profile series, we welcome Harold Porcher as Director of our new Modern & Post-War Art department. Read below to learn more about Porcher, Modern and post-war art, and best collecting practices.
Read more about Announcing the Modern & Post-War Art Department At Swann March 5, 2020 Modern & Post-War Art Announcing the Modern & Post-War Art Department At Swann Now Accepting Consignments of Modern & Post-War Art Join us in welcoming Harold Porcher as our Director of Modern & Post-War Art. Building on our growing portfolio of fine art…