Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA, 2727, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 302 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Louis Lozowick

Louis Lozowick, Vacation Country, 1940.

1940 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
227 Hananiah Harari

Hananiah Harari, House and Trees, 1938.

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
228 Hananiah Harari

Hananiah Harari, Cubist Figure, 1937.

1937 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
229 Hananiah Harari

Hananiah Harari, Figures in Interior, 1938.

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
230 Philip Evergood

Philip Howard Evergood (1901-1973), Harem Scene.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,079.00
231 Fred Becker

Fred Becker, Lord, My Burden, 1935-40.

1935-40. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 762.00
232 Fred Becker

Fred Becker, John Henry and the Witch Woman, 1935-40.

1935-40. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 571.00
233 Albert Abramovitz

Albert Abramovitz, Unseaworthy, 1936.

1936 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 825.00
234 Albert Abramovitz

Albert Abramovitz, Gone, 1935-43.

1935-43. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 698.00
235 James Michael Newell

James Michael Newell, Untitled, 1942.

1942 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,651.00
236 Louis Slobodkin

Louis Slobodkin, King David and Bathsheba, circa 1940s.

circa 1940s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,302.00
237 Claire Millman Mahl

Claire Millman Mahl, The Last Still Life, 1938.

1938 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,143.00
238 Rockwell Kent

Rockwell Kent, Drifter, 1933.

1933 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,540.00
239 Rockwell Kent

Rockwell Kent, Beowulf: Genealogical Tree, 1931.

1931 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 603.00
240 Suzanne Miller

Suzanne Miller, Apocalypse, 1938.

1938 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 726.00
241 Paul Landacre

Paul Landacre, Forest Girl, 1933.

1933 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,112.00
242 Ben-Zion

Ben-Zion, Acrobats and the Moon, 1934.

1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
243 Arthur Osver

Arthur Osver, The Yards, 1951.

1951 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,318.00
244 Will Barnet

Will Barnet, Strange Bird, 1947.

1947 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
245 Phil Bard

Phil Bard, First Snow, 1939.

1939 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 952.00
246 Charles Turzak

Charles Turzak, The Kiss, 1932.

1932 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,064.00
247 Emlen Pope Etting

Emlen Pope Etting, Jr., Aegean Odyssey.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 476.00
248 Remo Farruggio

Remo Michael Farruggio, Color Game.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
249

Catalogues and photos of the work of artist Claire Mahl Moore.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 539.00
250 Florian Durzynski

Florian Durzynski, Untitled (Mural Study), 1936.

1936 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.