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Rare Vintage Print of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ Brings $305k in...
The Thursday, October 20 sale of Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries brought $1.2M with a strong showing for American photography and portfolios. Romana Javitz & Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange,...
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Artist Profile: M.C. Escher
Swann prints and drawings director, Todd Weyman, provides an overview of op-artist M.C. Escher’s career Maurits Cornelis Escher, more commonly known as just M.C. Escher (1898-1972), was born in...
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Collector’s Guide: Aviation & Airline Posters
Nicholas D. Lowry breaks down the best selection of aviation and airline designs to collect for the plane spotter in all of us… People collect aviation posters for a number of different reasons. There...
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Modern & Post-War Art: Featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene —...
Ernest Briggs, Untied, (#220), oil on canvas, 1959. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. The Modern & Post-War Art auction has works beginning with early modernism through post-war abstraction, as well as...
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books: December 8, 2022 Auction...
View Lots Browse Catalogue Lot 5: Sebastian Münster, Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula, Basel, 1552. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500. Our winter maps auction will offer a strong variety of material including...
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Illustration Art: December 15, 2022 Auction Highlights
View Lots Edward Gorey, Papering the Tree, cover illustration for The New Yorker, watercolor, graphite & ink, 1992. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. December’s Illustration Art sale marks ten full...
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Artist Profile: Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene
Laura Wheeler Waring, Portrait of a Lady, oil on canvas, 1947. Image Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Alma Thomas: Early Life & Career Born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1891, Alma Thomas...
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Latinx Art in the December 2022 Sale of Modern & Post-War Art
Rafael Tufiño Rafael Tufiño, la Ventana, wood block print, 1964. Estimate $400 to $600. Rafael Tufiño was born in Brooklyn, NY, and moved to Puerto Rico at age ten. He served in the US Army from...
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Collecting 101: Antiquarian Maps
We asked Swann maps specialist Caleb Kiffer a few questions about what to consider when purchasing an antique map. How important is the map maker when considering a map? Abraham Ortelius, Parergon,...
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Holiday Illustrations Featured in the December 15 Sale
The December 15, 2022, sale of Illustration Art features a selection of vintage winter and holiday illustrations by iconic illustrators such as Edward Gorey, Ludwig Bemelmans, Saul Steinberg and more....
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Records & Results: Modern & Post-War Art Featuring Alma Thomas & the...
Swann Galleries kicked the final month of 2022 off with a sale of Modern & Post-War Art featuring Alma Thomas & the Washington Scene on December 1 to great fanfare. The auction brought...
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2022: Year in Review
2022 was a historic year for Swann in more ways than one. The house celebrated its 80th year of auctions, bringing with it the 70th anniversary of the first photography auction to be held, not only at...
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The Signer’s Mark: Signatures of the Unlettered — Part I
Middle Ages Through the Seventeenth Century When thinking of autographs, the first thing to come to mind is famous signatures—John Handcock, Babe Ruth, Walt Disney, etc. Inscribed names with looping...
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The Artists of the WPA: February 16, 2022 Auction Highlights
Daniel Celentano, Untitled, (Subway), oil on board. Estimate $10,000 to $12,000. Swann Galleries will open the 2023 winter season on February 16 with the Artists of the WPA. The sale marks the house’s...
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The Signer’s Mark: Signatures of the Unlettered — Part II
Nineteeth Century America When thinking of autographs, the first thing to come to mind is famous signatures—John Hancock, Babe Ruth, Walt Disney, etc. Inscribed names with looping letters and distinct...
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Fine Photographs: February 23, 2023 Auction Highlights
Irving Penn, Blast, platinum-palladium print, 1980; printed 1981. Estimate $30,000 to $45,000. The Photographs season begins with an exciting online auction featuring an array of nineteenth- and...
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Mural Projects of the New Deal
In times of economic hardship, the United States government has stepped in to create jobs for the unemployed through federal programs. In such cases focusing on our country’s infrastructure is money...
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Fine Books & Autographs: March 2, 2023 Auction Highlights
George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed, as President, selling a plot of land, New York, 1790. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000. Our March 2 Fine Books & Autographs sale will feature an outstanding...
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Vintage Posters: March 9, 2023 Auction Highlights
Manuel Orazi, Ligue Vinicole De France, circa 1901. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. In our upcoming March 2 Vintage Posters auction there is an exceptional selection of over 140 European and American Art...
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Photographs from the Richard T. Rosenthal Collection
An eclectic collection driven by an eye for the interesting, unusual, and beautiful, as well as intellectual interests as wide-ranging as car racing, early cased imagery, crime, and botanical studies,...
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