Lionel George Henricus Wendt Sold at Auction Prices

Photographer, b. 1900 - d. 1944

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        • Wendt, Lionel: Photographs
          Dec. 06, 2023

          Wendt, Lionel: Photographs

          Est: €1,000 - €1,200

          Photographs. 1936-1942/printed 2017. 10 giclee prints. Each circa 29 x 21 cm (39,5 x 29,5 cm). Each with edition stamps and numbered in red pencil on the verso, matted. In original black linen case (some light scuff marks) with printed title page, from an edition of 25, published by Ton Peek Gallery, Netherlands 2017. - - Born in Colombo, Lionel Wendt began his photography journey in the 1930s and played a crucial role in establishing the 43 Group, a collective of artists known for their modern, contemporary, and Sri Lankan-inspired artwork. Wendt was a versatile photographer, employing various techniques like photograms, photomontage, double printing, and solarisation. His works are held in esteemed collections worldwide, including the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Tate, London; the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. – Prints in very good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

          Bassenge Auctions
        • Untitled (Sitting boy); Untitled (Sitting nude and shadow)
          Oct. 24, 2023

          Untitled (Sitting boy); Untitled (Sitting nude and shadow)

          Est: £10,000 - £15,000

          Property from a Private London Collection Lionel Wendt 1900 - 1944 Untitled (Sitting boy); Untitled (Sitting nude and shadow) Two gelatin silver prints, each stamped on the reverse, circa 1939 Bearing Ton Peek Photography labels on reverse of mounts 30.4 x 21 cm. (12 x 9 ⅞ in.); 37.4 x 29 cm. (14 ⅝ x 11 ⅜ in.)

          Sotheby's
        • Illustrated Editions.- Wendt (Lionel)
          Apr. 28, 2022

          Illustrated Editions.- Wendt (Lionel)

          Est: £200 - £300

          Illustrated Editions.- Wendt (Lionel) Illustrated Editions.- Wendt (Lionel) Ceylon, First Edition, 120 full-page illustrations (from the author's photographs), ownership note to front free endpaper (creased), original cloth, dust-jacket corners worn, tear to spine head, spine toned, folio, Lincolns-Prager Publishers, 1950; Beaton (Cecil) Images, First Edition, with a preface by Dame Edith Sitwell & an introduction by Christopher Isherwood, 60 photographs by Cecil Beaton, Connelly Library stamp, red endpapers, dust jacket slightly soiled, 4to, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963; Barnes (Djuna) Ladies Almanack: Showing their Signs and their Tides; their Moons and their Changes; the Seasons as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes; as well as a full Record of Diurnal and Nocturnal Distempers, first American edition & first hard-cover edition, half title, black & white illustrations throughout volume, red cloth with black lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket toned and slightly soiled, 4to, Harper & Row, New York, 1972, & Creatures in an Alphabet, illustrated throughout, pictorial dust jacket (toned), 8vo,The Dial Press, New York, 1982; with Nichols (Beverley) The Sweet and Twenties, light toning, pictorial dust jacket, light wear to spine, 8vo, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1958 (5)

          Chiswick Auctions
        • LIONEL WENDT (1900–1944) Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon, Lincolns-Prager Publishers, London 1950*
          Oct. 12, 2019

          LIONEL WENDT (1900–1944) Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon, Lincolns-Prager Publishers, London 1950*

          Est: €800 - €1,000

          First edition, hardcover with full black cloth and dust jacket in perfect condition, 27 x 19,5 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in), 255 pages, 120 black and white photogravures, text in English LITERATURE Martin Parr / Gerry Badger (eds.), The Photobook, Volume 2, p. 99. The buyers premium for all items exported out of E.C. (European Community) is 23%. For items marked with *, sold and/or shipped within the E.C. the premium is 23% plus 20% VAT on hammer price and premium. For all other items (without *) sold and/or shipped within the E.C. (European Community) the premium is 27,6% (including VAT).

          OstLicht Auctions
        • Directly from Sri Lanka, a banyan tree by Lionel Wendt
          Jun. 23, 2016

          Directly from Sri Lanka, a banyan tree by Lionel Wendt

          Est: €300 - €500

          WENDT, Lionel (Sri Lankan 1900 - 1944). Banyan tree. Vintage gelatin silver print, inscribed 'Lionel Wendt' (lower right on the passe-partout, NOT by the artist); framed under passe-partout behind glass. Several small losses at the lower edge and small unobtrusive creases, some silver-mirroring along the edges, else good.

          Adams Amsterdam Auctions
        • Lionel WENDT (1900-1944) Homme de Ceylan, vers 1930. Tirage argentique d'époque, signé au crayon sur l'image, tampon de la collection Ton Peek au dos. 30,5 x 25,5 cm
          Jan. 26, 2013

          Lionel WENDT (1900-1944) Homme de Ceylan, vers 1930. Tirage argentique d'époque, signé au crayon sur l'image, tampon de la collection Ton Peek au dos. 30,5 x 25,5 cm

          Est: €500 - €600

          Lionel WENDT (1900-1944) Homme de Ceylan, vers 1930. Tirage argentique d'époque, signé au crayon sur l'image, tampon de la collection Ton Peek au dos. 30,5 x 25,5 cm

          Leclere - Maison de ventes
        • LIONEL WENDT, (SRI LANKAN 1900-1924), CEYLON
          Oct. 21, 2011

          LIONEL WENDT, (SRI LANKAN 1900-1924), CEYLON

          Est: $300 - $500

          LIONEL WENDT (sri lankan 1900-1924)/span CEYLON First edition. With 120 photogravure illustrations and 255 pages. Original full black cloth boards. London: Lincolns-Prager, 1950.

          Freeman's | Hindman
        • Lionel Wendt (1900-1944) Ceylon Editions
          Mar. 31, 2011

          Lionel Wendt (1900-1944) Ceylon Editions

          Est: €200 - €300

          Lionel Wendt (1900-1944) Ceylon Editions Lincolns-Prager, Londres, 1950. In-8 (27 x 20 cm). Edition originale. 256 pp. Photographies reproduites en héliogravure. Reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette...

          Ader
        • WENDT LIONEL (1900-1944) Lionel Wendt's Ceylon Très belle collection de planches de photographies sur Ceylan faite par un photogra...
          Oct. 21, 2010

          WENDT LIONEL (1900-1944) Lionel Wendt's Ceylon Très belle collection de planches de photographies sur Ceylan faite par un photogra...

          Est: €450 - €550

          WENDT LIONEL (1900-1944) Lionel Wendt's Ceylon Très belle collection de planches de photographies sur Ceylan faite par un photographe né à Ceylan London : Lincolns - Prager, 1950. In-4° (27,5 x 20 cm) 256 p. Relié en carton sous toile noire. Jaquette illustrée avec petits défauts. Edition originale.

          Pierre Bergé & Associés
        • LIONEL WENDT
          May. 10, 2002

          LIONEL WENDT

          Est: $1,022 - $1,314

          Standing male nude Gelatin silver print. Circa 1935-40. 15 x 12in. (38.1 x 30.5cm.) PROVENANCE As in lot 205.

          Christie's
        • LIONEL WENDT (1900-1944)
          May. 10, 2002

          LIONEL WENDT (1900-1944)

          Est: $1,022 - $1,314

          Male nude with drapery Gelatin silver print. Circa 1935-40. 131/2 x 11in. (34.3 x 27.9cm) PROVENANCE From the artist's studio; by descent to the present owner. NOTES Lionel Wendt was born in Colombo, Ceylon, on December 3, 1900. Educated at St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, he later read law at the Inner Temple and was called to the bar. While in London he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music. On returning to Ceylon in 1924, he practised law for a short time, then became devoted to his enormous talent as a musician until 1935, when he turned to what became his true and obsessive metier, photography. He had a one-man show in London in 1938. He died in Colombo on December 19, 1944. See: Lionel Wendt, A Centennial Tribute, Sri Lanka: The Board of Trustees Lionel Wendt Memorial Fund, 2000.

          Christie's
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