Leni Riefenstahl: career timeline
German · 1902–2003 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 65 of 69 lots (94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 37 | 32 | $3.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 11 | 4 | $1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 16 | 11 | $6.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
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1930s 37 works
- Sold
- 32 of 37
- Median
- $3.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9.5 in (25 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (35), Lithograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1930 Leni Riefenstahl PortfolioUnsold
1936 Diskuswerfen$1.8kSign up
1936 Vor dem Wind$3.3kSign up
1936 Mario Checcacci from the Italian eight$2.1kSign up
1936 The Winner$2.1kSign up
1936 Parthenon$2.1kSign up
1936 Nach dem Sprung$3.7kSign up
1936 Auf der Wasserlinie$2.4kSign up
1936 Ausklang$4.6kSign up
1936 Die Siegerin$2kSign up
1936 Spagat$3.2kSign up
1936 Marjorie Gestring, Olympic winner in artistic diving, Berlin 1936$2.4kSign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
1936 American gymnasts at the Olympic games, Berlin 1936$4.9kSign up
1936 Marjorie Gestring$3kSign up
1936 Jesse Owens$1.6kSign up
1936 Unter Wasser$1.8kSign up
1936 Untitled (Marjorie Gestring)$5.5kSign up
1936 Im Stadion$5.2kSign up
1936 Untitled (Water Polo)$2.7kSign up
1936 Selected Images from Olympia$10.5kSign up
1936 Der Fackelläufer$1.3kSign up
1936 In der SaunaUnsold
1936 Lebendige Antike$1.6kSign up
1936 Glenn MorrisUnsold
…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.
1960s 11 works
- Sold
- 4 of 11
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $990Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 15.5 in (30 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Untitled (from the series: Nuba)$1kSign up
c. 1960 Harfenspieler (from the series : Nuba)Unsold
c. 1960 Messerkämpfer (from the series: Nuba)Unsold
c. 1960 Untitled (from the series: Nuba)Unsold
c. 1960 Untitled (from the Massai series)Unsold
c. 1960 Untitled (from the Nuba series)Unsold
c. 1962 Untitled (from the series: Die Nuba)Unsold
c. 1962 Ringkämpfer Natu vom Stamm der Masakin-Nuba (from the series: Die Nuba)Unsold
1963 Untitled (from the series: Massai)$1kSign up
1963 Untitled (from the series : Massai)$1kSign up
1963 Untitled (from the series: Massai)$904Sign up
1970s 16 works
- Sold
- 11 of 16
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $13.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 17 in (58 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (15), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Nuba Portfolio$66.1kSign up
1970 Mick Jagger. 1970er Jahre$22.3kSign up
1974 Bianca and Mick Jagger, London 1974Unsold
1974 Mick Jagger$3kSign up
1975 Three Kau Nuba girls dancing the 'Njertun', Kordofan, Sudan 1975Unsold
1975 Two Kau Nuba girls dancing the 'Njertun', Kordofan, Sudan 1975Unsold
1975 Liebestanz$8.1kSign up
1975 Maske$6.9kSign up
1975 Maske$6.9kSign up
1975 Maske“ (Nuba)$6.1kSign up
1975 Maske“ (Nuba)$8.6kSign up
1975 Maske“ (Nuba)$8.6kSign up
Show 4 more (1970s)
c. 1975 Water CarrierUnsold
c. 1975 TutuUnsold
1975 Der Liebestanz$6.9kSign up
1975 Ohne Titel, aus der Serie „Die Nuba von Kau$6.5kSign up
1980s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
Creation date not recorded
4 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 2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $5.4kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 12 in (27 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 DISCUS THROWER (GLENN MORRIS)$2.9kSign up
sold 2008 Wasserstelle“, Bild XXI aus dem Portfolio <br />$6.9kSign up
sold 2009 DER TURMSPRINGER$5.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $7.3kSign up
- Average
- $7.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 16 in (49 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 DIE SIEGERIN$7.3kSign 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 Leni Riefenstahl auction results →