Fall 2021 – Winter/Spring 2022:
Swann Galleries’ Top Grossing Season in 80-Year History
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. In February we celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the first auction dedicated to photographs, not only at Swann, but in the United States; the season saw the success of the second iterations of The Artists of the WPA and Focus on Women; private collections featured throughout the first half of the year including offerings from the collection of civil rights attorney Jack Greenberg in Printed & Manuscript African Americana in March, part one of rare books from bibliophile Kenneth Rappoport in our Early Printed Books auction in May, art from the collection of the late Francis v. O’Connor featured in our May sale of Contemporary Art, and a special sale dedicated to Edward Hopper and his contemporaries closed out June. Below we share highlights from this past season.
Artists of the WPA
Related Reading: The Artists of the WPA
Fine Photographs: Celebrating 70 Years of Photographs at Swann
Related Reading: Celebrating 70 Years of Photographs at Swann
Fine Books & Autographs
19th & 20th Century Art
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Related Reading: Selections from the Collection of Jack Greenberg
African American Art
Early Printed Books
Contemporary Art
Graphic Design
Modern & Post-War Art
Focus on Women
Illustration Art
Related Reading: Al Hirschfeld Caricatures & Theater Portraits
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Edward Hopper & His Contemporaries: Making A Modern American Art
Related Reading: Making A Modern American Art Series
LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History
Related Reading: Artist Profile: Hugh Steers
Do you have an item that we should take a look at for our upcoming season?
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