June 1, 2017Swann NewsVintage Posters Records & Results: Graphic Design Read more about Records & Results: Graphic Design Our May 25 auction of Graphic Design offered a cornucopia of inspired works spanning fin de siècle Art Nouveau masters to modernist posters. The top lot of the sale was Col…
Read more about Graphic Design in the Vienna Secession May 23, 2017 Vintage Posters Graphic Design in the Vienna Secession This post includes notes from the catalogue of our May 25 auction of Graphic Design, featuring an extensive selection of works out of the Wiener Werkstätte, the design school for the…
Read more about Records & Results: Vintage Posters April 29, 2014 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Vintage Posters The three top lots in Swann Galleries’ April 24, 2014 auction each set new auction records in a sale marked by incredible results for esoteric images. Lot 1 was Bertold Löffler’s Kunstschau…
Read more about Dreaming Youths: Oskar Kokoschka’s Transition to Expressionism April 28, 2014 Old Master Through Modern Prints Dreaming Youths: Oskar Kokoschka’s Transition to Expressionism Among the highlights of our April 29, 2014 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints is Oskar Kokoschka’s Die Träumenden Knaben, with text and eight color lithographs, 1906-08. Die Träumenden Knaben…
Read more about One of a Kind: Josef Hoffmann’s Wiener Werkstätte Poster December 3, 2013 Vintage Posters One of a Kind: Josef Hoffmann’s Wiener Werkstätte Poster A unique item among the scarce posters in the recently restituted Julius Paul Collection that Swann is auctioning on December 18, 2013 is Josef Hoffmann’s hand-stenciled poster announcing the opening of the…