Leon Kelly
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Selected Works25

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney
Sketchbook
Sketchbook, 1958
Acquired 2005
Pen and black and brown inks, ink washes, transparent and opaque watercolor, graphite pencil, colored pencil, and wax crayon; commercial sketchbook, perforated leaves
Whitney
Head of a Young Man
Head of a Young Man, 1928
In museum collection
Pen and ink and wash on paper
Whitney
Departure through the Umbrellas
Departure through the Umbrellas, 1944
In museum collection
Oil on canvas
Whitney
Magic Bird
Magic Bird, 1945
In museum collection
Pen and ink on paper
Whitney
Boy Giving a Mollusk to the Poet
Boy Giving a Mollusk to the Poet, 1954
In museum collection
Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper
Whitney
Man Genuflecting
Man Genuflecting, 1956
In museum collection
Pen and ink on paper

Previous Sales

Swann Auction Galleries
Cloth bound drawing pad with six drawings.
Cloth bound drawing pad with six drawings.
Sold
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Solitary Voyager, (No. 1126).
Solitary Voyager, (No. 1126).
Sold
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Three Personages and a White Cat, (No. 1127).
Three Personages and a White Cat, (No. 1127).
Sold
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Synthetic Man, Synthetic Eternity, (No. 1128).
Synthetic Man, Synthetic Eternity, (No. 1128).
Sold
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Fraternal Encounter, (No. 1125).
Fraternal Encounter, (No. 1125).
Sold
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Ball Players on a Lunar Peach, (No. 624).
Ball Players on a Lunar Peach, (No. 624).
Sold
May 2026
Wright
Untitled
Untitled
$1,792
May 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Figure.
Figure.
$3,048
Sep 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
The Fantasy of Raphael's Model
The Fantasy of Raphael's Model
$1,430
Sep 2024
Christie's
The White Compotier
The White Compotier, 1921
$20,000
Nov 2018
Freeman's · Artsy
Compote with Fruit
Compote with Fruit, 1924
Bidding closed
Oil on board
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Cubist Drawing
Cubist Drawing, 1922
Bidding closed
Ink on paper
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Two works of art: Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Nude)
Two works of art: Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Nude)
Bidding closed
Pastel on paper (framed)
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Two works of art: Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Reclining Nude)
Two works of art: Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Reclining Nude)
Bidding closed
Freeman's · Artsy
Abstraction
Abstraction, 1935
Bidding closed
Oil on masonite
Visual AIDS Benefit Auction · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1922
Bidding closed

For Sale

Lincoln Glenn · Artsy
The Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller, 1925
Sold
Oil on canvasboard
Jarrett McCusker · Artsy
Untitled (Female Nude Study)
Untitled (Female Nude Study)
US$700
Ink on paper
Jarrett McCusker · Artsy
Untitled (Female Nude Study)
Untitled (Female Nude Study)
US$700
Ink on paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Espagne
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession 2008.115.2824 · drypoint
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Landscape With Solitary Man
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession 2008.115.2823 · drypoint
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Sketchbook
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession 2005.154 · Pen and black and brown inks, ink washes, transparent and opaque watercolor, graphite pencil, colored pencil, and wax crayon; commercial sketchbook, perforated leaves
Gift of Paula Kelly Muller
Rusty, Number 619
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1990 · Accession 1990.39.2 · Charcoal on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1990
Rusty, Number 617
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1990 · Accession 1990.39.1 · Charcoal on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1990
Seated Figure
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.6 · Ink on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Mutilated Beggar
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.5 · Ink on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Civil War Mural
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.4 · Ink, graphite, and watercolor wash on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Study for Mural Lunette
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.3 · Litho crayon on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Study for "Portrait of Gaetanina"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.2 · Ink on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Seated Nude
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.384.1 · Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1987
Famine (Study for fresco relating to tragedies of humanity)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.166 · Charcoal on paper
Gift of Sidney Rothman, 1986
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Market209 auction results

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$1.7K – $50.0K
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$6.0K
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$3.4K
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