Herman Leonard

Selected Jazz Studies

Found at Sothebys, New York
Photographs, Lot 72
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2011
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 28.125 USD
Herman Leonard
1923-2010
SELECTED JAZZ STUDIES
a group of 19 photographs, each signed, titled, dated, copyrighted, and all but one editioned '13/30' or '23/50' in ink or pencil in the margin, framed, 1948-91, printed later (19)
Various sizes to 16 5/8 by 21¼ in. (42.2 by 54 cm.)

A top price for Herman Leonard

This artwork by Herman Leonard achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2011. In the Photographs auction, the work Selected Jazz Studies sold for USD 28,125.00 (€ 20,165.63) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. This high result makes Selected Jazz Studies the most expensive artwork by Herman Leonard that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Herman Leonard

Dieses Kunstwerk von Herman Leonard erzielte im Oktober 2011 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Selected Jazz Studies für USD 28.125,00 (€ 20.165,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Selected Jazz Studies zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Herman Leonard, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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