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Devon Eastland on Caroline Schimmel & the Challenges of Creating Diverse...
Ahead of Swann’s first auction dedicated to the accomplishments of women on July 15, senior specialist and curator of the sale, Devon Eastland, sat down with author, historian and collector Caroline...
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Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters—At Auction August 5, 2021
View Lots Browse Catalogue Lot 197: Plinio Codognato, Cicli Fiat, circa 1910. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000. Lot 24: L.N. Britton, Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences if You Are Careless in Your...
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Upcoming Highlights: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History—At Auction August...
Catalogue Coming Soon Sign Up for Auction Updates Lot 151: Tom of Finland, Home—Secured, colored pencil, 1982. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. This year Swann Galleries holds a third annual auction...
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Nicholas D. Lowry Shares His Favorite “Unofficial” Olympic Posters
In the world of Olympic posters there are a handful of important milestones: The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens in 1896, a fitting tribute to the ancient home of the competition; the...
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LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History—At Auction August 19, 2021
Lot 166: JEB (Joan E. Biren), Gloria and Charmaine, silver print, 1979. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500. Browse Catalogue View Lots Lot 219: Hugh Steers, Haircut, oil on canvas, 1987. Estimate $12,000 to...
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First Sale Dedicated to the Accomplishments of Women at Swann Exceeds High...
Early Printed Book, Archives, Vernacular and Fine Art Photography, Among other Material, Draws Interest Among Collectors The house’s inaugural Focus on Women sale on Thursday, July 15, 2021 brought...
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Webinar August 16: A Conversation with the Memphis Brooks Museum
Monday, August 16 at 6PM ET Swann President Nicholas D. Lowry will be in conversation with Memphis Brooks Museum curator Dr. Rosamund Garrett and photographer Mark Seliger. They will discuss Seliger’s...
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Artist Profile: Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland, perhaps the most iconic creator of erotic gay art, understood his role as a liberator. His images of men unleashing their deepest fantasies have provided an outlet for...
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The Virginia Zabriskie Collection: Catalogue Coming Soon
At Auction September 21, 2021 Featuring a Selection of 20th Century Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints & Photographs George L.K. Morris, Composition #9, oil on canvas, 1936. Estimate $30,000...
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This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2021 Auctions in Review
Swann is so proud to have not only made it through the heart of the pandemic but also to have done so with grace, professionalism and more than just a modicum of success. Throughout it all we were...
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LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Auction Bests Itself for the Third...
Auction Brings $1.3M and Records Abound New Record for Tom of Finland, Shattering Top Price Set by Swann Last Year “Swann’s third annual auction of LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History was an...
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Printed & Manuscript Americana: Catalogue Coming Soon
At Auction September 30, 2021 St. John Honeywood, Battles of Lexington and Concord, after the famous engravings by Doolittle, four ink and watercolor drawings, circa 1778. Estimate $50,000 to $75,000....
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African American Art: Catalogue Coming Soon
At Auction September 7, 2021 Hale Woodruff, Carnival, oil on canvas, circa 1958. Estimate $250,000 to $350,000. Coming to Auction Highlights include two important sculptures by both Richmond Barthé...
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Notes From the Catalogue: Dada & Surrealism from the Virginia Zabriskie...
Naomi Savage, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, silver print, 1963. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500. During her time as a gallerist, Virginia Zabriskie was keyed into the zeitgeist of the era. She embraced the...
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Upcoming Highlights: Early Printed Books—At Auction October 14, 2021
This October’s Early Printed Books sale featuring travel, medicine, and science offers another chance for rare book buyers to travel through time and around the world to shop for historically and...
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Virginia Zabriskie Collection Opens the Fall 2021 Season at Swann
We opened our fall 2021 season with the single-owner sale of The Virginia Zabriskie Collection on Tuesday, September 21. The success of the auction was the result of a multi-department effort from the...
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Women & the Civil War
Men did the bulk of the fighting in the Civil War, but women were involved on every level—from managing family farms and businesses in the absence of their soldier husbands, to serving as nurses on...
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Upcoming Highlights: Fine Photographs—At Auction October 21, 2021
View Lots Lot 67: Margaret Bourke-White, The George Washington Bridge, silver print, 1933. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. Lot 4: Martin Chambi, Peru, 1947, thick presentation album with 104 photographs....
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October 7 Highlights: Elizabeth Catlett & the Art of Stone Carving
“Stone imposes a certain discipline which cannot be ignored.” The October 7, 2021 African American Art auction includes two impressive carved sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett which bookend her...
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Artist Profile: Belkis Ayón
Printmaking has a long history of making the fine art world at large more accessible internationally, due to its affordability and impact. This can be seen in the efforts of Caribbean practitioners,...
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