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Swann Auction Galleries, 104 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 (212) 254-4710; swanngalleries.com
Upcoming Auction: African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company, January 30. Preview January 25–30.
A auction of fine artworks from the collection of the Johnson Publishing Company, a great institution of American publishing and an icon of African-American culture, features paintings, sculpture and works on paper from diverse periods, with 75 artists included. Highlights include Richmond Barthé’s The Negro Looks Ahead, 1940, and Elizabeth Catlett’s Sister, 1973, two important bronze sculptures. Significant abstraction includes Upper Egypt, by Kenneth Victor Young, 1971, Red Berries, by Thomas Sills, 1959, and Azo, by Frances Sprout, 1971. Also available is a suite of seven C-print photographs with etched text on glass, by Carrie Mae Weems, 1996, commissioned…
