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Swann African American = $2.7m

October 10, 2017 by Marion Maneker

Sam Gilliam, Rubiyat

Although his work was not the highest valued sales at Swann’s African American Art auction on October 5th, Sam Gilliam was the big winner last week. His Rubiyat significantly out-performed estimates. A more recent work from 2001 also did quite well.

Also significantly out-performing was Norman Lewis’s work.

Sale total: $2,750,585 | Estimates for sale (without premium): $2,283,500-$3,371,000; 154 lots offered; 124 sold (81% sell-through rate by lot)

All prices include Buyer’s Premium.

  1. 4       Henry Ossawa Tanner, Flight into Egypt, oil on canvas, circa 1910.                                                     $341,000 I
  2. 48      Norman Lewis, Untitled (Processional Composition), oil on marbleized slate, 1960.                              $233,000 C
  3. 88      Sam Gilliam, Rubiyat, acrylic and flocking on canvas, 1973.                                                               $191,000 C
  4. 20**  Elizabeth Catlett, War Worker, tempera, 1943.                                                                                 $149,000 C
  5. 31      Hughie Lee-Smith, Untitled (Youths on a Lakeshore), oil on board, 1952.                                            $93,750 C
  6. 39*    Richmond Barthé, The Awakening of Africa, cast bronze, 1959.                                                          $87,500 D
  7. 68      Charles White, I Have A Dream, Series #11 (Study for the Wall), oil on board, 1968.                             $81,250 C
  8. 12      Barthé, Stevedore, cast bronze on marble base, modeled in 1937, cast in 1985.                                       $75,000 D
  9. 150    Eldzier Cortor, Lady with Fan II, oil on canvas, 2005.                                                                                   $75,000 C
  10. 147    Gilliam, Not Spinning, acrylic on plywood construction with aluminum frame, 2001-04.                         $57,500 C
  11. 124    Lee-Smith, Interlude, oil on canvas, 1991.                                                                                       $55,000 C
  12. 125    Lee-Smith, The Encounter, oil on canvas, 1991.                                                                               $52,500 C
  13. 95*    Ernie Barnes, The Maestro, acrylic on canvas in artist-built frame, circa 1978.                                        $47,500 C
  14. 42      Alma W. Thomas, In the Studio, oil on canvas, 1956.                                                                                   $45,000 C
  15. 129    Carrie Mae Weems, Sea Island Series, quadriptych with two silver prints and two text panels, 1992.         $45,000 C
  16. 101    Catlett, Glory, cast bronze on wood base, 1981.                                                                                $40,000 I
  17. 1       Edward M. Bannister, Untitled (Rhode Island Coastal Scene), oil on canvas, circa 1885-89.                     $40,000 I
  18. 109    Romare Bearden, The Evening Boat, collage and watercolor on board, 1984.                                          $40,000 C
  19. 110    Bearden, At the Dock, watercolor, 1984.                                                                                          $37,500 C
  20. 21    Jacob Lawrence, Eight Passages, eight color screenprints illustrating the Book of Genesis, 1990.              $30,000 C

 

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