UPDATED: SWANN GALLERIES’ ANNUAL AUCTION OF PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA
ARCHIVE OF NOTED EDUCATOR CHARLES HARRIS WESLEY, FATHER DIVINE BANNER, AND BLACK PATHERS POSTERS AMONG TOP LOTS AT SWANN GALLERIES’ 16TH ANNUAL AUCTION OF PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA
ON MARCH 10
Swann’s Best Sale of this Subject Totaled nearly $1 Million
NEW YORK—On March 10, Swann Galleries conducted their most successful sale of Printed & Manuscript African [...]
…and speaking of auctions
19th- AND 20th-CENTURY PAINTINGS AND ROMARE BEARDEN WORKS ATTRACT BIDDERS TO SWANN GALLERIES’ AUCTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART ON FEBRUARY 17
Sale’s Top Lot Was an Elizabeth Catlett Bronze Sculpture that Brought $108,000*
New York—On Thursday, February 17, Swann Galleries held an outstanding auction devoted to African-American Fine Art that saw high prices for important works by [...]
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 [...]
Swann Auction: Modern Art & Jazz
Update: here are the auction results
At Auction: Thursday,
June 24, 2010 – 2:00 pm
Dear Collector,
June is Jazz month in New York City, and the illustrated catalogue for our June 24th auction Out of the Blue: Modern Art & Jazz is now online. This new themed auction includes both figurative and abstract art influenced by blues, jazz and [...]
Swann’s October 8th African-American Fine Art auction
The exhibition for Swann’s October 8th African-American Fine Art is now open. Please come see an exciting collection of scarce and important art works in our 5th floor gallery:
Exhibition Hours:
Fri. Oct. 2: 10 – 6
Sat. Oct. 3: 10 – 4
Mon. Oct. 5: 10 – 6
Tue. Oct. 6: 10 – 6
Wed. Oct. 7: 10 – 6
Thu. [...]
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- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 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 […]