Malcolm Leland: career timeline

1922–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 41 lots (83% 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.

Malcolm Leland: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	19	19	$1.6kSign up	Other
1960s	15	13	$1.3kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 19 works

Sold: 19 of 19
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 11 in (57 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Sculpture (9)
Subjects: Birds (2)

c. 1950 Urn vase$1.3kSign up
c. 1951 Lantern, model 23L$3.5kSign up
c. 1951 Bird Shelter$3.8kSign up
c. 1951 Hanging Lantern$3.8kSign up
c. 1951 Fruit Bowl/Centerpiece bowl$875Sign up
c. 1951 Lantern$1.5kSign up
c. 1951 Lantern$2.5kSign up
c. 1951 Compote$613Sign up
c. 1951 Fruit Bowl/centerpiece bowl$2kSign up
c. 1951 Footed planter$720Sign up
c. 1951 Lantern$4kSign up
c. 1951 Footed planter$480Sign up

Show 7 more (1950s)

c. 1951 Terracotta bird shelter with hand carved bird$3.6kSign up
1954 Space Banks, set of three$1.8kSign up
c. 1955 Planter, model L-15$998Sign up
c. 1955 Planters, model L-24, set of four$5.3kSign up
c. 1955 Planter$660Sign up
c. 1956 Planter, model L-20$1.6kSign up
c. 1957 Vase$512Sign up

1960s 15 works

Sold: 13 of 15
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 7.5 in (69 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (8), Other (7)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Aluminum relief$960Sign up
c. 1961 Hanging lantern, model 22L$4.5kSign up
c. 1961 PlanterUnsold
c. 1961 Hanging lantern, model 22LUnsold
c. 1961 hanging lantern, model 23L$3.3kSign up
c. 1961 planters model DB-2, pair$1kSign up
c. 1961 wall-mounted lantern$2.5kSign up
c. 1962 Wall applique (Leaf)$1.1kSign up
c. 1963 Planters (2)$2.8kSign up
c. 1963 Planter with Scratch texture$1.5kSign up
c. 1963 Group of Earthworks reliefs (3)$10kSign up
c. 1964 planters, set of three$1.3kSign up

Show 3 more (1960s)

c. 1965 Study for Sculpture$900Sign up
c. 1966 Pair of Cal Tech panels$368Sign up
1966 Earthworks Relief$1.2kSign 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 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2007 Cal Tech grille$1.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Floor sconce$3.1kSign up
sold 2013 Wall appliques (2)$4.7kSign up
sold 2013 Floor sconce$4.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 7 in (53 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Floor sconce$3.9kSign up
sold 2021 three-light wall lantern$3.5kSign up
sold 2024 Floor sconce$3.5kSign 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 Malcolm Leland auction results →