Erich Lessing Photographs: Auction Prices

Austrian · 1923–2018

ArtSell has recorded 14 auction results for Erich Lessing photographs between 2013 and 2025, of which 8 sold (57% sell-through). Prices realised range from $189 to $2,368, with a median of $1,443 across 8 priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). The highest recorded price is $2,368 for “De Gaulle after speaking in Bône, Algeria 1958” at OstLicht Photo Auction in 2023.

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1. 
   Zhou Enlai visits the car factory in Żerań, Poland 1957, 1957

   Photograph

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025 · Lot 109
   Unsold / did not meet reserveView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
2. 
   Folk dance festival in Strašnice, Prague 1956, 1956

   Photograph · Paper

   30 x 21.4 cm

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025 · Lot 108
   €900≈ $1,037≈ £792HammerSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–2,000View at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
3. 
   Marcel Marceau with Stan Laurel, who visited Marceau in his dressing room, Paris, 1951

   Photograph

   40.6 x 34.5 cm (45.4 x 39.4 cm)

   Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 704
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
4. 
   Life on the beach of Cesenatico, Italy (set of four), 1960

   Photograph

   11¾ h x 8½ w in (30 x 22 cm)

   Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024 · Lot 192
   $189≈ £149≈ €180Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
5. 
   Pilgrimage for the Black Virgin of Czestochowa, Poland 1956, 1956

   Photograph · Paper

   60,5 x 50,6 cm

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024 · Lot 139
   €1,800≈ $1,957≈ £1,531HammerSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–3,600View at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
6. 
   Uprising in Budapest, Hungary 1956, 1956

   Photograph · Paper

   60,4 x 50,6 cm

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024 · Lot 138
   €2,000≈ $2,174≈ £1,701HammerSign up free to seeEst. €3,500–4,000View at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
7. 
   Damaged editorial offices of 'Szabad Nép', Budapest, October 1956, 1956

   Photograph

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023 · Lot 47
   Unsold / did not meet reserveView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
8. 
   Insurgent recites Petöfi while propaganda is burned, Budapest 1956, 1956

   Photograph · Paper · ed. 15/16

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023 · Lot 46
   €1,700≈ $1,848≈ £1,486HammerSign up free to seeView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
9. 
   The Clown Frank Billerbeck reading a pin-up magazine, Paris 1952, 1952

   Photograph · Paper

   24,2 x 19,4 cm

   OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023 · Lot 45
   €800≈ $870≈ £699HammerSign up free to seeView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
10. 
    Ball at the Viennese Musikverein

    Photograph

    20¾ h x 31¾ w in (53 x 81 cm)

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Aug 2, 2023 · Lot 149
    $645≈ £505≈ €587Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
11. 
    Pilgrimage for the Black Virgin of Czestochowa, Poland 1956, 1956

    Photograph

    OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2, 2023 · Lot 150
    Unsold / did not meet reserveView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
12. 
    De Gaulle after speaking in Bône, Algeria 1958, 1958

    Photograph · Paper

    50,5 x 60,5 cm

    OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2, 2023 · Lot 151
    €2,200≈ $2,368≈ £1,891HammerSign up free to seeEst. €3,500–4,000View at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
13. 
    Old woman with prayer book, Hungarian Revolution, Budapest 1956, 1956

    Photograph

    OstLicht Photo Auction · Apr 16, 2021 · Lot 66
    Unsold / did not meet reserveView at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
14. 
    Couple, 1961

    Photograph

    19 x 25,4 cm

    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Jun 8, 2013 · Lot 616
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €180–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗

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