SWANN GALLERIES’ FEBRUARY 17 AUCTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART
CELEBRATES ROMARE BEARDEN CENTENNIAL
Sale Also Features Early Works by African-American Masters and Large Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Nude Woman by Elizabeth Catlett
New York—Swann Galleries’ annual winter auction of African-American Fine Art on February 17 includes a wide array of museum-quality paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings, and mixed-media pieces, including several that are new to the [...]
Roy DeCarava, 9 December 1919 – 27 October 2009
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This was always my favorite image of his. Sublime.
UPDATED: Swann Galleries African-American Fine Art auction
ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING AUCTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART ATSWANN GALLERIES ON FEBRUARY 19
Artist Records Set for Aaron Douglas, Elizabeth Catlett, Beauford Delaney, Hale Woodruff andOther Well-Known Artists
New York—Swann Galleries’ third auction of African-American Fine Art on February 19 was their largest and highest-grossing sale of that category to date, bringing in more than $2.7 million. Once [...]
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- Taking a Break February 7, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]