LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History

Swann Auction Galleries Sale #2747: This summer's LGBTQ+ Art Material Culture & History auction is a cornucopia of visual and intellectual delights virtually bursting with selections of art, photography, literature, posters, ephemera and more. Now, in our seventh year of holding this auction, we are being offered more and better material than ever and in turn we are offering it back to the community via these sales-with items ranging in content from political to social to artistic to controversial to thought provoking.

With incredible works by Tom of Finland, Hugh Steers, Lorenza Böttner, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz, George Platt Lynes, Robert Bliss, Mark Beard, John Lear, Jared French, Paul Cadmus and many other artists this auction is sure to captivate and enthrall collectors and institutions.

The sale will also feature works consigned on behalf of the Detroit Queer Biennial and the Leslie Lohman Museum.