Leonard Lieb: career timeline
Polish/American/Pittsburgh · 1912–1977 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 26 lots (81% 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.
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1930s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
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- Average
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- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1930 Pittsburgh Hill District Cityscape late 1930's or early 1940'sResult not published
1937 Pittsburgh Mill Scene, 1937, work on paper, signed and dated lower right in blueResult not published
1939 Untitled Pittsburgh HillsideResult not published
1940s 7 works
- Sold
- 0 of 7
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 18 in (29 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Mixed media (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Landscapes (1)
1940 Worker on BreakResult not published
c. 1940 Untitiled Abstracted Cityscape, undated, c.1940sResult not published
c. 1940 Untitiled Abstract, undated, c.1940sResult not published
c. 1940 Untitiled Abstract, undated, c.1940sResult not published
c. 1940 School of Fish, c.1940sResult not published
1940 Hill District Scene, PittsburghResult not published
1948 Pittsburgh NeighborhoodResult not published
1950s 10 works
- Sold
- 0 of 10
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 25 in (90 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Mixed media (2), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
c. 1950 Untitled Social Realist Scene with African-American Crying Mother, undated, c.1950sResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled Abstraction, undated, c.1950sResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled [Reflected Cityscape], undated, c.1950sResult not published
c. 1950 Pair of Untitled Abstractions, undated, c.1950sResult not published
c. 1950 Pair ofResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled Abstraction, undated, c.1950sResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled Abstraction, undatedResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled Abstraction, undatedResult not published
c. 1950 Untitled Abstraction, 1950'sResult not published
1952 Pair of Modernist Abstract Paintings, one dated 1952, the other from the same time periodResult not published
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 45 × 36 in (114 × 91 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 The Silver Circle, c.1960sResult not published
Creation date not recorded
5 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 5 works
- Sold
- 0 of 5
- Median
- —
- Average
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- Typical size
- 14 × 11.5 in (36 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (4), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 Female NudeResult not published
sold 2023 Untitled AbstractResult not published
sold 2026 5 Untitled Abstract Studies, undatedResult not published
sold 2026 12 Portrait Studies, undatedResult not published
sold 2026 12 Human Form Studies, undatedResult not published
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 Leonard Lieb auction results →