{"slug":"leon-underwood","artist_id":"8b0fea2e-5bba-486c-9750-58bf7535e71a","canonical_slug":"leon-underwood","name":"Leon Underwood","built_at":"2026-11-02","categories":[{"bucket":"Paintings","lots_n":35,"sold_n":29,"median_price_usd_minor":340769,"record_price_usd_minor":1428526,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":2,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"sell_through_pct":82.9,"last_sale_date":"2026-06-09","first_sale_year":1999},{"bucket":"Prints & Editions","lots_n":48,"sold_n":45,"median_price_usd_minor":35484,"record_price_usd_minor":265995,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":4,"priced_lots_unverified":3,"sell_through_pct":93.8,"last_sale_date":"2026-04-16","first_sale_year":2007},{"bucket":"Sculpture & Installation","lots_n":50,"sold_n":46,"median_price_usd_minor":706824,"record_price_usd_minor":10046487,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":2,"priced_lots_unverified":1,"sell_through_pct":92,"last_sale_date":"2025-10-29","first_sale_year":1999},{"bucket":"Masterpieces","lots_n":11,"sold_n":11,"median_price_usd_minor":2048000,"record_price_usd_minor":10046487,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":0,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"sell_through_pct":null,"last_sale_date":"2026-09-30","first_sale_year":2007},{"bucket":"Other","lots_n":41,"sold_n":33,"median_price_usd_minor":157848,"record_price_usd_minor":2706500,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":9,"priced_lots_unverified":2,"sell_through_pct":80.5,"last_sale_date":"2026-10-29","first_sale_year":2007},{"bucket":"Works on Paper","lots_n":67,"sold_n":58,"median_price_usd_minor":44437,"record_price_usd_minor":729262,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":3,"priced_lots_unverified":5,"sell_through_pct":86.6,"last_sale_date":"2023-08-18","first_sale_year":1998}],"sizes":[{"bucket":"Paintings","size_bucket":"small","lots_n":16,"sold_n":15,"median_price_usd_minor":354756,"p25_price_usd_minor":248240,"p75_price_usd_minor":601600,"record_price_usd_minor":1052263,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":1,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"last_sale_date":"2026-03-18"},{"bucket":"Works on Paper","size_bucket":"medium","lots_n":34,"sold_n":29,"median_price_usd_minor":50230,"p25_price_usd_minor":27319,"p75_price_usd_minor":130700,"record_price_usd_minor":217664,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":2,"priced_lots_unverified":4,"last_sale_date":"2023-08-18"},{"bucket":"Paintings","size_bucket":"medium","lots_n":18,"sold_n":14,"median_price_usd_minor":275889,"p25_price_usd_minor":153513,"p75_price_usd_minor":576168,"record_price_usd_minor":1428526,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":1,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"last_sale_date":"2026-06-09"},{"bucket":"Prints & Editions","size_bucket":"medium","lots_n":9,"sold_n":9,"median_price_usd_minor":46477,"p25_price_usd_minor":34161,"p75_price_usd_minor":48897,"record_price_usd_minor":223566,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":1,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"last_sale_date":"2026-04-16"},{"bucket":"Prints & Editions","size_bucket":"small","lots_n":37,"sold_n":34,"median_price_usd_minor":21103,"p25_price_usd_minor":12751,"p75_price_usd_minor":63368,"record_price_usd_minor":265995,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":3,"priced_lots_unverified":3,"last_sale_date":"2026-03-20"},{"bucket":"Sculpture & Installation","size_bucket":"medium","lots_n":8,"sold_n":6,"median_price_usd_minor":1270166,"p25_price_usd_minor":1088212,"p75_price_usd_minor":1568436,"record_price_usd_minor":2048000,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":0,"priced_lots_unverified":0,"last_sale_date":"2025-10-29"},{"bucket":"Sculpture & Installation","size_bucket":"small","lots_n":32,"sold_n":32,"median_price_usd_minor":674694,"p25_price_usd_minor":399301,"p75_price_usd_minor":1153420,"record_price_usd_minor":10046487,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":2,"priced_lots_unverified":1,"last_sale_date":"2024-07-17"},{"bucket":"Works on Paper","size_bucket":"small","lots_n":29,"sold_n":27,"median_price_usd_minor":40309,"p25_price_usd_minor":23063,"p75_price_usd_minor":109711,"record_price_usd_minor":729262,"record_basis":"premium","priced_lots_hammer_only":1,"priced_lots_unverified":1,"last_sale_date":"2022-05-25"}],"notable":[{"bucket":"Paintings","year":"2016","total_price_usd":1428526,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Paintings","year":"2008","total_price_usd":1052263,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Prints & Editions","year":"2011","total_price_usd":265995,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Prints & Editions","year":"2007","total_price_usd":223566,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Sculpture & Installation","year":"2021","total_price_usd":10046487,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Sculpture & Installation","year":"2008","total_price_usd":2989858,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Works on Paper","year":"2019","total_price_usd":729262,"priced_basis":"premium"},{"bucket":"Works on Paper","year":"2019","total_price_usd":301381,"priced_basis":"premium"}],"last_sold":{"year":"2026","total_price_usd":1071912,"priced_basis":"unverified"},"upcoming_count":0,"content_modified":"2026-11-02","value_block_hash":"ef52b622d0c5199aeb4b4c2dbcec5f0ddf09e013","value":{"slug":"leon-underwood","name":"Leon Underwood","as_of":"2026-11-02","newest_result_date":"2026-10-29","results_total":211,"houses_total":16,"first_year":1998,"median_24m":{"usd_minor":99480,"p25_usd_minor":35004,"p75_usd_minor":1132360,"n":11,"basis":"premium"},"record":{"title":"The Sculptor","work_year":"1890","usd_minor":10046487,"basis":"premium","sale_year":2021,"sale_month":"2021-11","house_name":"Bonhams","lot_id":"fdce6129-547e-4adf-a036-a4fe0ce63ec1"},"by_medium":[{"medium":"Sculpture","n":48,"median_usd_minor":762774},{"medium":"Paintings","n":32,"median_usd_minor":334810},{"medium":"Other","n":30,"median_usd_minor":106668},{"medium":"Works on paper","n":36,"median_usd_minor":35374},{"medium":"Prints","n":31,"median_usd_minor":34525}],"by_size":[{"band":"Small (under 50 cm)","n":101,"median_usd_minor":152966},{"band":"Medium (50-120 cm)","n":52,"median_usd_minor":138567}],"methodology_url":"https://www.openingbid.art/methodology/price-data","top10":{"originals":[{"rank":1,"title":"The Sculptor","work_year":"1890","medium":"Marble","usd_minor":10046487,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Bonhams","sale_month":"2021-11","lot_id":"fdce6129-547e-4adf-a036-a4fe0ce63ec1"},{"rank":2,"title":"Cat","work_year":"1890","medium":"Bronze","usd_minor":2989858,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Christie's","sale_month":"2008-12","lot_id":"f60a65ff-4002-40fd-b817-4407f9e94a8d"},{"rank":3,"title":"Hills Eternal (Earth Mother)","work_year":"1890","medium":"Terracotta","usd_minor":2706500,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Bonhams","sale_month":"2017-06","lot_id":"a8756c91-7d66-4195-aef5-25d5480dda53"},{"rank":4,"title":"Joy as it flies (first state)","work_year":"1956","medium":"Bronze with a brown patina, unique","usd_minor":2539336,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Christie's","sale_month":"2015-07","lot_id":"b6a04fbb-bd36-40f9-94df-41f0b10be3f2"},{"rank":5,"title":"Unknown Political Prisoner (Dilema)","work_year":null,"medium":"Bronze with a brown patina","usd_minor":2433520,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Sotheby's","sale_month":"2011-05","lot_id":"de904492-2bcb-4758-9ad0-ba11cf557944"},{"rank":6,"title":"Negro Rhythm: Harlem, NY","work_year":"1934","medium":"Bronze with dark brown patina, on rosewood base","usd_minor":2048000,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Freeman's Hindman","sale_month":"2025-10","lot_id":"5c92bb0d-5443-4460-a430-2b12662ece9f"},{"rank":7,"title":"Birth of Eve","work_year":null,"medium":"Bronze","usd_minor":1926537,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Sotheby's","sale_month":"2011-05","lot_id":"964fb19d-82f5-4c05-ace2-d5b446827979"},{"rank":8,"title":"The Pursuit of Ideas","work_year":"1959","medium":"Bronze","usd_minor":1764997,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Christie's","sale_month":"2007-02","lot_id":"edcb7313-40b3-43d2-8059-b9217b5200b5"},{"rank":9,"title":"Water-Rhythm","work_year":"1953","medium":"Bronze","usd_minor":1700044,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Christie's","sale_month":"2022-10","lot_id":"a36099f6-f01d-4fa2-b634-2ff6b9b4053c"},{"rank":10,"title":"The Herald of a New Day","work_year":"1934","medium":"Brass mounted on a marble base","usd_minor":1620582,"basis":"premium","house_name":"Christie's","sale_month":"2019-11","lot_id":"9ff4af15-6dba-4a96-96c4-16ca7d6a799e"}],"editions":[]},"paragraph":"As of 2 November 2026, OpeningBid has recorded 211 auction results for Leon Underwood at 16 houses since 1998. Over the last 24 months the median price was $995 including buyer’s premium (middle half $350–$11,324, n=11). The auction record is $100,465 for The Sculptor (2021, Bonhams). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Leon Underwood value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}