Leni Riefenstahl — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works30

Museum Acquisitions

3 Institutions

Met

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Stedelijk Museum

Previous Sales 24

Christie's

Untitled (Athlete), circa 1936

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Der Liebestanz, 1980s

$6,000

Dec 2009

Christie's

Ihre Schaffen, 1936

£1,625 ($2k USD)

Nov 2008

Christie's

Die Roten Tänzerinnen, 1975

$12,500

Apr 2008

Christie's

Das Nubamädchen, 1975

$6,250

Apr 2008

Christie's

Ihre Schaffen, 1936

$3,750

Mar 2008

Christie's

Der Speerwerfer, 1936

Christie's

Christie's

Der Diskuswerfer, 1936

£1,875 ($2k USD)

Nov 2007

Christie's

Der Turmspringer, 1936

£2,640 ($3k USD)

Jun 2007

Christie's

Die Olympische Flamme, 1936

£1,440 ($2k USD)

Jun 2007

Christie's

Vergangenheit, 1936

£1,200 ($2k USD)

Jun 2007

Christie's

Nach dem Sprüng, 1936

£7,800 ($10k USD)

Nov 2006

Swann Auction Galleries

Group of 4 photographs of athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

$2,750

Feb 2023

Phillips

Selected Images from Olympia

$10,807

Jul 2023

Lempertz

Marjorie Gestring, 1936, 2000

$3,016

Jun 2024

Lempertz

Unter Wasser, 1936, 2000

$1,782

Jun 2024

Lempertz

Jesse Owens, 1936, 2000

$1,645

Jun 2024

Villa Grisebach

”Ausklang”, 1936, 2000

$2,691

Jan 2024

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

Pole Vaulter, 1937

Bidding closed

Gelatin silver

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

Pole Vaulter, Japan, 1936

Bidding closed

Gelatin silver

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

High Diver Olympics, 1936

Bidding closed

Gelatin silver, printed later

For Sale 1

Atlas Gallery · Artsy

The Discus Thrower, 1936

£9,000

Gelatin silver print

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Market142 auction results

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$1.3K – $12.5K

6 of 6 photographs lots with prices

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$4.4K

Object-type specific

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$2.7K

6 priced photographs lots

calendar_todayLast Photograph Sale

Jun 2024 · $3.0K

Latest priced sale: Marjorie Gestring, 1936 - 28.2 x 22 cm - $5/sq cm

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Photographs: $2.7K medianBooks/portfolios: $48.5K medianEditioned photos: — median

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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions5

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#2,629 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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