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Hilda Rue Wilkinson-Brown: Auction Debut
Debuting at auction in our September 29 sale of Illustration Art is a drawing by early twentieth century artist Hilda Rue Wilkinson-Brown. Wilkinson-Brown was the primary illustrator for The Brownies’...
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Notes from the Catalogue: Four of our Favorite Current Artists
Collecting the work of current artists provides a link to the contemporary creative community, even if the piece was created decades ago. Here are four of our favorite working artists, selected from...
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New Yorker Covers Return
This fall at Swann, we continue our tradition of offering a spectacular selection of original New Yorker covers and cartoons. The cover of the New Yorker is one of the most recognizable cultural icons...
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Records & Results – 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Swann Galleries kicked off the fall auction season on Thursday with a sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings. Lot 465: Fernand Léger, La Lecture, pencil, 1924. Sold September 22, 2016...
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Aubrey Beardsley & Le Morte d’Arthur
On September 29, five rare pen-and-ink illustrations for Aubrey Beardsley’s first published work, Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, 1893-94, are coming to auction. The two-year publishing project...
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Records & Results: Illustration Art Draws A Crowd
Our September 29, 2016 auction of Illustration Art offered works by Ludwig Bemelmans, Howard Chandler Christy and Man Ray to a room packed with eager buyers. The sale broke five auction records and...
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Discovery: Four W.H. Johnson Woodcuts
Is there anything more thrilling than discovering artwork in your attic? Lot 18: W.H. Johnson, Church by Lake II, woodcut, circa 1935-38. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000. Four previously unknown...
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Robert Frank and The Americans
Robert Frank is one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Some of his masterpieces will be offered in our October 25 sale, Art & Storytelling: Photographs &...
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A Monumental Collection: Early Adventure Literature from the Estate of...
Lot 300: August Rothpletz, et al, Alpine Majestäten und ihr Gefolge: Die Gebirgswelt der Erde in Bildern, Munich, 1901-04. At auction October 18, 2016. Estimate $200 to $300. This year we are honored...
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Edward Curtis & Alfred Stieglitz: Two 20th Century Masters
Twentieth century photography didn’t follow one single trend. Instead, new technologies were often used in markedly different ways to convey unique perspectives. We asked Daile Kaplan, our Director of...
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Records & Results: African-American Fine Art
Our much-anticipated fall sale of African-American Fine Art was last Thursday, October 6. Works sold to a packed room, in addition to fierce competition over the phone and online. Eight auction records...
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An Eighteenth Century Pye Recipe
When recipe books come to Swann, the only thing to do is test them out. In our upcoming October 18 sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books is an unusual cookbook from...
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Over a Century of Presidents on a Single Page
Enjoy this video of Swann Galleries’ Autographs Specialist, Marco Tomaschett describing a Civil War-era autograph album in our Autographs sale on November 1. The album contains eighteen...
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A 1619 Peek into the Human Body
How did people know what was inside their bodies before textbooks or the internet? For those not into murder and mutilation, a novel book was available in 1619: Johann Remmelin’s Catoptrum...
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Ed Ruscha: “I Want To Be The Henry Ford of Bookmaking”
We asked Oliver Lott from the Photographs department to talk about twentieth century photography’s man of mystery, Ed Ruscha: Edward Ruscha is a pioneer of the American photobook. Between 1962 and...
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The Short & Riveting History of Zeppelins, as Told Through Posters
The annual Rare & Important Travel Posters sale demonstrates the diversity of locomotive options available in the twentieth century. In anticipation of the October 27 auction, Associate Cataloguer...
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Notes from the Catalogue: Camille Pissarro – Father of Impressionism
Camille Pissarro, the “Father of Impressionism,” was among the most significant contributors to the movement and is remembered for being universally championed by his contemporaries, both artists and...
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California Dreaming? Travel Posters Can Take You There
Every autumn we continue our tradition of offering the finest travel posters available. On October 27, the selection reflects the excitement and globalization of the early- to mid-twentieth century,...
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Records & Results: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books
The October 18 sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books was our top-earning sale in the category since the house’s October 2012 offering of Aldine Imprints & Early Printed...
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Presidents and Press
The following post was written by Autographs Specialist Marco Tomaschett. The often troubled meetings between the press and presidential candidates—much discussed as we approach Election Day, 2016—have...
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