Records for Joseph Delaney, Howardena Pindell, Winfred Rembert, Betye Saar & more at Swann
Howardena Pindell, Oval Memory Series: (Rhinoceros) Heaven, tempera, gouache, postcards, punched paper, nails, fluorescent paint, glitter and thread on board, 198081. Sold for $100,000, a record for the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleries spring offering of African American Art on Thursday, April 22 was the second highest grossing sale in the thirteen-year history of the department, with its highest number of participants to date. I am thrilled to see the continued growth in our African American art auctions with a tremendous sale. 398 registered bidders (not counting those on other platforms) competed for 8 hours to bid on 220 lots. We set 13 artist records and saw high prices all around for many artists, noted department director, Nigel Freeman.
Swann Galleries announces spring sale of African American art
Charles Alston, City at Night, oil on canvas, circa 195660. Estimate $100,000 to $150,000.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleriess spring sale of African American Art will take place on Thursday, April 22. The sale will present quality works spanning mediums and movements within the canon.
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance feature in the sale, with a run of works by Richmond Barthé and prints by Aaron Douglas. African Boy Dancing, 1937, is an important and strikingly beautiful bronze by Barthé; which represents the culmination of the artists significant study of the male figure in sculpture, anatomy and African dance in the 1930s, and his pioneering realization of an ideal male nude. This is the first time this sculpture has come to auction, and only the second time that an original 1930s cast by Barthé has appeared at auction. The sculpture is expected to bring $150,000 to $200,000. Also by Barthé is Stevedore, 1