Artist Profile: Kees van Dongen
Kees van Dongen is remembered for his contribution to reshaping portraiture and redefining the relationship between the artist and their subject. Specialist Sarah McMillan shares about Van Dongen...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Vintage Posters — August 7, 2025
At Auction Thursday, August 7 at 12 PM ET Swann’s yearly August poster auction is a strong and curated collection, with a particularly sharp focus on propaganda, travel and Art Nouveau posters...
View ArticleRecords & Results | Printed & Manuscript Americana — June 12, 2025
Family Archives Command Premium Prices in Swann’s Spring Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction Swann Galleries’ spring 2025 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana reached $511,702, well into...
View ArticleThe Importance of Fashion Illustration
For decades, fashion illustrations served as a primary reference point for women’s dress. In societies stratified by rigid social mores, “fashion” was not merely a silhouette en vogue but a set of...
View ArticleCollecting Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings Illustrations
Bella Savignano walks us through Joan Wyatt’s ‘Middle Earth Album’ and her original art depicting scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’, including the original watercolor Rivendell: an...
View ArticleRick Stattler’s Specialist Picks: Five Standout Lots from the June 12, 2025...
We love all of the lots in our auctions equally. Here are a few from our June 12 Americana sale, which are more equal than the others. The Iconic… Lot 190: Thomas Hariot, Admiranda narratio fida...
View ArticleThe Golden Age of Paperback Cover Illustrations: A Look at the History of...
With the end of World War II and the advent of the Korean War, the return of soldiers to the U.S. created a market for popular reading focused on adventure, masculinity, and romance. Publishers like...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: 20th Century Fine Art — June 26, 2025
At Auction Thursday, June 26 at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding The Fine Art departments are joining together to present our first 20th Century Fine Art auction, which offers for sale paintings,...
View ArticleRecords & Results: Modern & Post-War Art — May 22, 2025
Global Artists Lead the Way in Modern & Post-War Art Clara Etso Ugbodaga-Ngu, Man and Bird, oil on canvas, 1963. Sold for $60,000. The Thursday, May 22 sale of Modern & Post-War Art brought...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Illustration Art — June 17, 2025
At Auction Tuesday, June 17 at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding Norman Rockwell & Original Illustration Art From Classic Children’s Literature Among the standouts are four works by Norman...
View ArticleCaleb Kiffer’s Specialist Pick: Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of...
The Thursday, May 29 auction of Maps & Atalses, Natural History & Color Plate Books features a rare unbound copy of Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of North America. Sawnn Maps &...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana — June 12, 2025
At Auction Thursday, June 12 at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding Highlights of this exceptional auction span nearly five centuries of American history, featuring remarkable items from colonial...
View ArticleHarold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Five “Small Gems” to Watch in the May 22...
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 presentation, from...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Contemporary Art — June 5, 2025
At Auction Thursday, June 5 at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding We look forward to offering a strong selection of prints by Andy Warhol, including Consommé (Beef), African Elephant, and The New...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books — May...
At Auction Thursday, May 29 at 12:00 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding Karl Bodmer, Travels In The Interior Of North America, a unique unbound set with 4 volumes including an engraved meteorological...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — May 22, 2025
At Auction Thursday, May 22 at 12 pm eastern. Catalogue & Bidding This auction brings together the many subcategories of Modernist art, offering a tremendous range of techniques and philosophies....
View ArticleHow to Consign Your Fine Art Collection For Auction
Five Steps to Consider When Consigning Your Collection at Swann The Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection of Color Woodcuts If you have a fine art collection and you are ready to have our...
View ArticleFine Photographs Specialist Picks: Bonnie & Clyde and A Look at NYC From a...
Aniston Eastes, Inventory Manager — Lot 46: A Suite of 10 Photographs Detailing the Infamous Life and Death of Bonnie & Clyde From a suite of 10 photographs detailing the infamous life and death...
View ArticleAuction Highlights: Focus on Women — May 15, 2025
Timed Auction — Bidding opens Thursday, April 30, at 10:30 AM ETLots begin closing Thursday, May 15, at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding This year’s Focus on Women auction gathers together important...
View ArticleNicholas D. Lowry on the William W. Crouse Collection
Art Deco at 100: Iconic Posters from the William W. Crouse Collection In Paris, on April 29, 1925, the Exposition des Art Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes opened to the public. The exhibition was...
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