Birney Lettick Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Birney Lettick Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 27, 2024
Birney Lettick (NY,1919-1986) oil painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Birney Lettick (New York, 1919 - 1986) TITLE: Illustration MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 10 x 7 inches / 25 x 17 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NAME VARIANTS: Birney Littick CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 127867 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Birney Lettick was a consummate craftsman. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he attended the Yale University Art School and studied with Joseph Albers. He learned anatomy by dissecting cadavers and all the other fundamentals involved in a painter's classic education. His abilities won him the Tiffany Scholarship as one of the ten most promising art students in the country.His art career, delayed by four years in Europe, soon revived. He found advertising clients for national ads and cover work for the Time magazine, Collier's, Reader's Digest, National Lampoon, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as movie poster ads for Star Trek, The Champ, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Goodbye Girl, Rooster Cogburn, The Odessa File, The Front Page, Rocky II, Heaven Can Wait, and many others. His paintings were exhibited by the Graham Gallery in New York, and he taught at the New Haven Art Workshop from 1955 to 1970. Just prior to his death, he had lectured to art school students in Japan at the Tokyo Designers Gakium College and related schools in Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyushu, Japan.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 20, 2024
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), Still life with vase, egg, and fabric, 1950, Signed and dated lower right "Lettick '50", 24" x 9 1/2"
Est: $200 - $400
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986) Still life with vase, egg, and fabric, 1950 Signed and dated lower right "Lettick '50" 24" x 9 1/2"
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jun. 30, 2024
Birney Lettick (NY,1919-1986) oil painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Birney Lettick (New York, 1919 - 1986) TITLE: Illustration MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 11 x 7 inches / 27 x 17 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NAME VARIANTS: Birney Littick CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 127868 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Birney Lettick was a consummate craftsman. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he attended the Yale University Art School and studied with Joseph Albers. He learned anatomy by dissecting cadavers and all the other fundamentals involved in a painter's classic education. His abilities won him the Tiffany Scholarship as one of the ten most promising art students in the country.His art career, delayed by four years in Europe, soon revived. He found advertising clients for national ads and cover work for the Time magazine, Collier's, Reader's Digest, National Lampoon, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as movie poster ads for Star Trek, The Champ, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Goodbye Girl, Rooster Cogburn, The Odessa File, The Front Page, Rocky II, Heaven Can Wait, and many others. His paintings were exhibited by the Graham Gallery in New York, and he taught at the New Haven Art Workshop from 1955 to 1970. Just prior to his death, he had lectured to art school students in Japan at the Tokyo Designers Gakium College and related schools in Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyushu, Japan.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 20, 2024
BIRNEY LETTICK (1919-1986) "Heaven Can Wait."
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
BIRNEY LETTICK (1919-1986) "Heaven Can Wait." Original unpublished version of the movie poster for Heaven Can Wait (Paramount Pictures, 1978). Oil on board. 19 x 26 inches, matted and framed to 33 x 25 1/2 inches. Signed "Lettick" in lower right image. Paramount Studios commissioned Lettick to create the initial image for the poster with Warren Beatty in a business suit. After completing this version, they requested a second one featuring Warren Beatty dressed in a sweatsuit. Ultimately, the latter version was used for the poster.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 14, 2024
Birney Lettick (NY,1919-1986) oil painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Birney Lettick (New York, 1919 - 1986) TITLE: Illustration MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 11 x 7 inches / 27 x 17 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NAME VARIANTS: Birney Littick CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 127868 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Birney Lettick was a consummate craftsman. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he attended the Yale University Art School and studied with Joseph Albers. He learned anatomy by dissecting cadavers and all the other fundamentals involved in a painter's classic education. His abilities won him the Tiffany Scholarship as one of the ten most promising art students in the country.His art career, delayed by four years in Europe, soon revived. He found advertising clients for national ads and cover work for the Time magazine, Collier's, Reader's Digest, National Lampoon, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as movie poster ads for Star Trek, The Champ, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Goodbye Girl, Rooster Cogburn, The Odessa File, The Front Page, Rocky II, Heaven Can Wait, and many others. His paintings were exhibited by the Graham Gallery in New York, and he taught at the New Haven Art Workshop from 1955 to 1970. Just prior to his death, he had lectured to art school students in Japan at the Tokyo Designers Gakium College and related schools in Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyushu, Japan.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 14, 2024
Birney Lettick (NY,1919-1986) oil painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Birney Lettick (New York, 1919 - 1986) TITLE: Illustration MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 10 x 7 inches / 25 x 17 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NAME VARIANTS: Birney Littick CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 127867 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Birney Lettick was a consummate craftsman. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he attended the Yale University Art School and studied with Joseph Albers. He learned anatomy by dissecting cadavers and all the other fundamentals involved in a painter's classic education. His abilities won him the Tiffany Scholarship as one of the ten most promising art students in the country.His art career, delayed by four years in Europe, soon revived. He found advertising clients for national ads and cover work for the Time magazine, Collier's, Reader's Digest, National Lampoon, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as movie poster ads for Star Trek, The Champ, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Goodbye Girl, Rooster Cogburn, The Odessa File, The Front Page, Rocky II, Heaven Can Wait, and many others. His paintings were exhibited by the Graham Gallery in New York, and he taught at the New Haven Art Workshop from 1955 to 1970. Just prior to his death, he had lectured to art school students in Japan at the Tokyo Designers Gakium College and related schools in Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyushu, Japan.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 25, 2022
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), 1941, oil on canvas board, pastoral landscape depicting a barn, home, and figure checking the m...
Est: $100 - $200
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), 1941, oil on canvas board, pastoral landscape depicting a barn, home, and figure checking the mail, signed in top right corner, gilt wood frame, wear consistent with age, ss: 15 1/2" h. x 19 1/2" w. [Birney Lettick is a highly regarded illustrator, his career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Apr. 25, 2022
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), 1941, oil on canvas board, pastoral landscape depicting rolling farm hills, hay wagon, and dist...
Est: $75 - $150
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), 1941, oil on canvas board, pastoral landscape depicting rolling farm hills, hay wagon, and distant buildings beyond, signed in top right corner, gilt wood frame, wear consistent with age, ss: 15 1/2" h. x 19 1/2" w. [Birney Lettick is a highly regarded illustrator, his career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Jan. 20, 2022
BIRNEY LETTICK, American (1919-1986), Untitled, oil on masonite, 10 x 8 inches
Est: $300 - $500
BIRNEY LETTICK American, (1919-1986) Untitled oil on masonite signed and dated lower right "Lettick 41"
Shannon's
Jan. 21, 2021
Birney Lettick - The Fatal Gift
Est: $200 - $400
Lot 77 Birney Lettick American (1919-1986) The Fatal Gift oil on canvas signed lower right 28 x 19 inches Provenance: from a private Alpine, New Jersey collection Graham Gallery, gallery label verso
Capsule Gallery Auction
Dec. 17, 2020
BIRNEY LETTICK - CANDLE BOX II
Est: $400 - $600
Lot 27 Birney Lettick American (1919-1986) Candle box II (1968) oil on panel signed lower left 19 x 15 inches Provenance: Graham Gallery, label verso
Capsule Gallery Auction
Nov. 02, 2020
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), three works, c. 1940's, two distinctly signed works and one with possible faint signature also...
Est: $75 - $125
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), three works, c. 1940's, two distinctly signed works and one with possible faint signature also assumed to be by Lettick, the two clearly signed are pastoral summer scenes with barns, rolling hills, trees, etc.; the last with indistinct possible signature has figures at a sand bank digging clams and a beached boat, all oil on canvas board, all approximate ss: 16" h. x 20" w., wear on all consistent with age. [Birney Lettick is a highly-regarded illustrator, his career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Nov. 02, 2020
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), oil on canvas board, trompe l'oeil still life that continues onto frame, depicts jug bank, peac..
Est: $400 - $500
Birney Lettick (American 1919-1986), oil on canvas board, trompe l'oeil still life that continues onto frame, depicts jug bank, peaches, grapes, dolls, inkwell, small bottles, grain painted chest, red and brown weaving, signed "Lettick" lower right, 20 1/4" h. x 25 1/4" w. including painted frame, painted frame is displayed in another larger frame with a velvet insert, wear consistent with age. [Birney Lettick is a highly-regarded illustrator, his career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Nov. 02, 2020
Birney Lettick (American 1919 - 1986), oil on canvas board, trompe l'oeil still life that continues onto frame, depicts a niche disp..
Est: $400 - $500
Birney Lettick (American 1919 - 1986), oil on canvas board, trompe l'oeil still life that continues onto frame, depicts a niche displaying hourglass, grapes, carved wooden sculpture, champagne bottle, lobster and duck, signed lower left and dated (19) 64, 25 1/2" h. x 20 1/4" including painted frame, painted frame is displayed in another larger frame with a velvet insert, wear consistent with age, including minor paint loss lower right, etc. [Birney Lettick is a highly-regarded illustrator, his career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Oct. 16, 2020
Birney Lettick, 1960, American, Niche, Print, 26"x34"
Est: $100 - $150
Birney Lettick 1960, American Niche Print Framed 26"x34"
Link Auction Galleries
Jan. 12, 2020
Birney Lettick - Portrait of John Delorean
Est: $800 - $1,200
Birney Lettick - Portrait of John Delorean. Oil on panel. Original artwork for 1862 Cutty Sark Whiskey Label. Framed size H23-3/4", W20-7/8". Window opening H14-1/4", W 12-1/4". Excellent condition. See link for High-Res image. https://www.dropbox.com/s/k49g7dabo34x8ev/1060002_1.jpg?dl=0
New England Auctions
Jan. 12, 2020
Birney Lettick- Portrait of Composer Philip Glass
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Birney Lettick (1919-1986)- Portrait of composer Philip Glass. Oil on board. Framed size H24", W 21". Window opening H14-3/4", W 12-1/8". See this link for High-Res image. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mwbeheosonxcenw/1060003_1.jpg?dl=0
New England Auctions
Dec. 14, 2017
(ADVERTISING / FILM) BIRNEY LETTICK. "The Champ."
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
BIRNEY LETTICK. "The Champ." Final illustration for the movie poster advertising the 1979 MGM feature film of the same name starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, and Ricky Schroder (all depicted). Oil on board. 406x533 mm; 16x21 inches, encased with 24x29-inch matte board. Signed in lower right image.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2010
Birney Lettick (1919-1986) Advertisement, Carrier
Est: -
Birney Lettick (1919-1986) Advertisement, Carrier Air Conditioning, ca. 1980; Desk scene with melting accessories.
Illustration House
Nov. 13, 2010
BIRNEY LETTICK (American, 1919-1986). DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, 1980, signed lower right. Oil on board.
Est: $400 - $500
BIRNEY LETTICK (American, 1919-1986). DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, 1980, signed lower right. Oil on board - Unframed, 24 in. x 19 1/2 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
May. 21, 2010
Birney Lettick (American, 1919-1986) Nutcracker Illustration Signed "Lettick" twice l.r., inscribed and stamped "PLEASE RETURN PAINT...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Birney Lettick (American, 1919-1986) Nutcracker Illustration Signed "Lettick" twice l.r., inscribed and stamped "PLEASE RETURN PAINTING TO: BIRNEY LETTICK, 121 E. 35th ST. NY.C." on the reverse, annotations in the margins. Oil on paper mounted onto Bainbridge board, 15 x 10 3/4 in. (38.1 x 27.3 cm), unframed. Condition: Support slightly warped, retouch and pigment fluorescence, residue and surface grime to the margins, mild wear to corners.
Skinner
Jun. 23, 2009
Lost in America, 1985
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Lost in America, 1985 Birney Lettick Original acrylic on board painting created for the film poster of the 1985 Albert Brooks comedy Lost in America. Signed Lettick and stamped on the verso. 30x35in.
Christie's
Jun. 06, 2009
Poster by Lettick Birney - Bee Gees The Lonely Hearts Club Band
Est: €100 - €200
Bee Gees The Lonely Hearts Club Band - 55,5x85, 1978, on japan by Lettick Birney (1919-1986)
Van Sabben Poster Auctions