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Beyond the Bestiary: Fantastic Beasts and Figures of Myth in Old Master—and...
Medieval bestiaries were illustrated catalogues of creatures both real and imagined, detailing physical descriptions, origins, and symbolism of each beast that identified the vices and virtues of...
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Old Master Prints & Drawings from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg
At Auction May 21, 2020 Our May 21, 2020 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with a special section—the first hundred lots of the sale—dedicated to fine old master prints and drawings...
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Introduction to Bookbinding: Folding & Sewing
As a bibliophile expands their collection, they gain a feel for auction house and bookseller’s catalogues, which often include terminology that may seem arcane. However, every character in a complex...
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A Brief History of the Mixografia Printing Process
Rufino Tamayo, Sandías con Manzana, color Mixografia, 1985. Sold May 2, 2019 in Old Master Through Modern Prints Featuring Latin American Art for $22,100. In 1973, Luis Remba, the owner of the fine...
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Mexican Photography: Graciela Iturbide, Flor Garduño & the Influence of...
The Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibition Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art posits Mexico’s valuable artistic legacy. José Clemente Orozo, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro...
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Swann Ushers in a New Era of Live Online Sales with Printed & Manuscript...
Our Thursday, May 7, 2020 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana was held live online and was conducted remotely. “This was a strong auction regardless of the circumstances. The sale...
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Tadanori Yokoo: Pop Visionary
Internationally-renowned graphic artist and designer Tadanori Yokoo, who has been called “the grandmaster of Japanese pop-psych art,” got his start as a stage designer for avant garde theatre in Tokyo....
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Meisterstiche: Albrecht Dürer’s Master Engravings
Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I, St. Jerome in His Study and Knight, Death and the Devil, all from 1513-14 and related in size, style and technical complexity, have been considered his master engravings...
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Beyond the Bestiary: Fantastic Beasts and Figures of Myth in Old Master—and...
Medieval bestiaries were illustrated catalogues of creatures both real and imagined, detailing physical descriptions, origins, and symbolism of each beast that identified the vices and virtues of...
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Nigel Freeman on the Legacy of Emma Amos, 1937-2020
We are sad to hear yesterday’s news of Emma Amos’s passing. Emma Amos was a painter, printmaker, weaver and educator—a great artist and innovator who helped broaden greatly American art in the late...
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Graphic Design: Featuring Modernist Posters from the Vienna Secession to...
At Auction June 18 Browse Catalogue This year’s Graphic Design auction presents exciting posters and materials ranging from the Vienna Secession to political posters of the 1990s. At the heart of...
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Artist Profile: Ernie Barnes
Our June 4, 2020 sale of African-American Fine Art features a run of works by Ernie Barnes. Here the artist’s estate takes us through Barnes’ journey through being a professional athlete and notable...
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The Elegant Sculptures of Richmond Barthé
Three sculptures by Richmond Barthé feature in our June 4, 2020 sale of African-American Fine Art. Each work encapsulates his interests during the 1930s themes that would continue to define his later...
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Fine Photographs: Highlights by Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe & Michael...
At Auction June 11, 2020 Browse Catalogue Lot 33: Michael Halsband, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, silver print, 1985, printed 1997. $20,000 to $30,000. Masterworks of 20th-Century...
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Collecting Photographs by African-American Women
Photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change.Carrie Mae Weems African-American women have a long history of getting behind the lens as photographers,...
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Contemporary Art: At Auction June 25, 2020
Highlights by Jackson Pollock, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, Josef Albers, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney & Richard Hambleton...
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The Making of a Portrait: Michael Halsband’s Photograph of Andy Warhol and...
Michael Halsband is known for his striking portraits of celebrities, from rock stars to artists, as well as his commercial work for major publications such as Vogue, GQ, and Esquire. In 1981 and 1982,...
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Marching Together
A Note From Swann Galleries President Nicholas D. Lowry June 5, 2020 This week in New York City has been punctuated by the sound of chanting, the relentless whir of helicopters overhead and plywood...
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Photomontage & Photography in Vintage Posters
The June 18 Graphic Design auction features an array of rare and influential examples of photography in posters. While the popularization of photography and the tradition of printing posters both had...
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books: At Auction July 9, 2020
Lot 350: John James Audubon, Great Blue Heron, Plate CCXI, hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate from Birds of America, 1834. $40,000 to $60,000. Maps Cartography that spans the globe and the...
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