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African American art sets records at Swann

NEW YORK — African American art continues to set records at Swann Auction Galleries.

A December 11 sale at the auction house established records for eight artists, including Charles Alston, Wadsworth Jarrell and Augusta Savage, and totaled $2.8 million, well surpassing its

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