African American Art
Updated September 8, 2026
| Date | October 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Swann Auction Galleries |
| Lots | 48 |
| Estimates | $1,000 – $180,000 |
What's in this auction
48 lots. 48 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $1,000–$180,000 across 48 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing October 1, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), I am the Black Woman, 1946-47. — est. $120,000–$180,000
- Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), Untitled (Two Women on a Park Bench), 1941. — est. $50,000–$80,000
- Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920-2009), Dance in the Flames, circa 1945-49. — est. $30,000–$40,000
- Norman Lewis (1909-1979), Urban, 1951. — est. $20,000–$30,000
- Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Untitled (Man and Pregnant Woman), circa 1947-48. — est. $15,000–$25,000
From the auction house
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In this auction (48 lots)
- Lot 1 — Aaron Douglas (1898-1979), Ex Libris Charles S. Johnson, circa 1925-26.
- Lot 2 — James Lesesne Wells (1902-1993), Sidewalk Lunch Stand, 1929.
- Lot 3 — Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007), Untitled (Still Life), 1925.
- Lot 4 — Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007), A Corner in Our Living Room, 1924.
- Lot 5 — Palmer Hayden (1890-1973), New York Marine, circa 1932-40.
- Lot 6 — Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), Untitled (Female Figure with Ball), circa 1931-35.
- Lot 7 — Eldzier Cortor (1916-2015), Untitled (Seated Nude), circa 1936.
- Lot 8 — Hale Woodruff (1900-1980), Sunday Promenade, 1935.
- Lot 9 — Dox Thrash (1893-1965), Sunday Morning, 1939.
- Lot 10 — Claude Clark (1915-2001), Song of the Nubian, circa 1939-40.
- Lot 11 — Dox Thrash (1893-1965), Untitled (Boathouse), nd.
- Lot 12 — Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998), Untitled (House in a Wooded Landscape), circa 1943.
- Lot 13 — Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998), Les Clochards, Montmartre, 1947.
- Lot 14 — Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), Untitled (Two Women on a Park Bench), 1941.
- Lot 15 — Ernest Crichlow (1914-2005), After Dark, 1944.
- Lot 16 — Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948), Maria, circa 1940s.
- Lot 17 — Charles L. Sallée Jr. (1913-2006), Almeda, circa 1938.
- Lot 18 — Charles L. Sallée Jr. (1913-2006), Martha, 1938.
- Lot 19 — Curtis E. Tann (1915-1992), Hostess Portrait, circa 1930s-40s.
- Lot 20 — Fred Carlo (1911-1987), Turtleneck, circa 1938-41.
- Lot 21 — Hughie Lee-Smith (1914-1999), The Kite Flyers, 1939.
- Lot 22 — Elmer William Brown (1909-1971), Numbers Pulling, 1939.
- Lot 23 — William E. Smith (1913-1977), Maybe Tomorrow, 1941.
- Lot 24 — William E. Smith (1913-1977), Little Joy, 1940.
- Lot 25 — William E. Smith (1913-1977), Pay Day, 1941.
- Lot 26 — William E. Smith (1913-1977), Nobody Knows, circa 1938-39.
- Lot 27 — Hughie Lee-Smith (1914-1999), Wasteland, 1939.
- Lot 28 — Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), I have given the world my songs, 1946.
- Lot 29 — Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), I am the Black Woman, 1946-47.
- Lot 30 — Thelma Johnson Streat (1912-1959), Black Kings, circa 1945-50.
- Lot 31 — Thelma Johnson Streat (1912-1959), Totem Pole Figure, circa 1945-50.
- Lot 32 — Thelma Johnson Streat (1912-1959), Woman, circa 1945-50.
- Lot 33 — Thelma Johnson Streat (1912-1959), Untitled (Abstract Figure), circa 1945-50.
- Lot 34 — Charles Sebree (1914-1985), Untitled (Three Standing Figures), circa 1940s.
- Lot 35 — Selma Hortense Burke (1900-1995), Untitled, nd.
- Lot 36 — Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920-2009), Dance in the Flames, circa 1945-49.
- Lot 37 — Frank Neal (1915-1955), Untitled (Portrait in Green), 1952.
- Lot 38 — Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Untitled (Man and Pregnant Woman), circa 1947-48.
- Lot 39 — Romare Bearden (1911-1988), St. Augustine, City of God, 1949.
- Lot 40 — Walter Augustus Simon (1916-1979), Abstraction with Bald Head, circa 1949.
- Lot 41 — Norman Lewis (1909-1979), Urban, 1951.
- Lot 42 — Charles Sebree (1914-1985), Untitled (Portrait with Hat), circa 1940s-50s.
- Lot 43 — Charles Sebree (1914-1985), Untitled (Portrait with Mask and Hat), circa 1950s.
- Lot 44 — Frederick Jones (1914-2004), Untitled (Three Women), circa 1950.
- Lot 45 — Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014), Untitled (Woman in Yellow Dress), 1952.
- Lot 46 — Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), Bread (Derecho Alimentarse), 1952.
- Lot 47 — Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), Mujer Cocinando, 1958.
- Lot 48 — John Biggers (1924-2001), Old Woman - Matriarch, 1952.
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