Herman Leonard: career timeline
American · 1923–2010 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 20 lots (65% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8 | 7 | $2.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | $1.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $538Sign up | Photograph |
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1940s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 13 in (41 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8)
- Subjects
- —
1948 Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Richard Rogers, NYC$3.8kSign up
1948 Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, NYC$3.8kSign up
1949 'Billie Holiday, NYC'$2.4kSign up
1949 'Billie Holiday, NYC'Unsold
1949 'Billie Holiday N.Y.C.'$4.1kSign up
1949 Charlie Parker with the Metronome All Stars (Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Lennie Tristano)$256Sign up
1949 Billie Holiday, NYC$2.5kSign up
1949 Stanley Kenton's Shoes, New York, 1949$1.5kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- —
1955 'Tony Bennett'$1kSign up
1958 Duke Ellington, Paris$750Sign up
1958 Duke Ellington, Paris$4kSign up
1958 Duke Ellington, Paris$2.6kSign up
1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $538Sign up
- Average
- $538Sign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 13.5 in (43 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1991 'Miles Davis - Montreux'$538Sign up
Creation date not recorded
7 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 14 in (43 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2023 James Moody$882Sign up
sold 2023 Marilyn Monroe, NYC$721Sign up
sold 2023 Billie Holiday, NYC$3.3kSign up
sold 2025 Chet Baker, Newport Jazz Festival$1.9kSign up
sold 2025 Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Simms- NYCResult not published
sold 2026 Portrait of Billie Holiday$2.3kSign up
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2026 Duke Ellington, Paris$2.5kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Herman Leonard auction results →