Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev Auction Prices and Value Guide
Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 966 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev auction prices: quick answer
Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev
- Source records
- 966
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938) was a Russian-born painter, draughtsman, designer, and etcher who spent much of his career in France. Born in Saint Petersburg and trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts, he became associated with neoclassical tendencies in early twentieth-century European painting. Jacovleff was a versatile artist who worked in oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel, and printmaking, and he also produced frescoes and stage designs. His work drew on academic draftsmanship and wide-ranging travel, and his paintings are held in major institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate in London. He died in Paris at the age of fifty. Collectors encounter Jacovleff's work primarily through paintings, drawings, and prints that appear at international auction.
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Common works and media
Jacovleff's auction and museum records include oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, gouaches, pastels, drawings in pencil and ink, etchings and other prints, and fresco murals. He also designed theatrical sets and produced illustrations. Collectors may encounter figure studies, portraits, travel-inspired scenes, and decorative compositions across these media. Works range from small-scale drawings and prints to large canvases and mural commissions.
Market and appraisal context
Alexandre Jacovleff's work has a documented auction footprint of 16 recorded lots spanning 2008 to 2024, with 7 carrying realized prices. The recorded price range runs from approximately £15,000 (study sheets at Christie's, 2008) to $325,000 (Portrait of a Chinese merchant, Christie's New York, 2008), with a median near £121,250. His strongest results are for travel-inspired oil paintings and major compositions, led by the Christie's and Bonhams sales. Works on paper and smaller studies trade at materially lower levels. The market is anchored by blue-chip houses—Christie's accounts for the majority of priced lots, followed by Bonhams—while regional French houses (Mirabaud-Mercier, Millon & Associés) and MacDougall's handle mid-tier material. Liquidity is thin in recent years: zero priced lots in the trailing twelve months and only one lot in the prior twelve-month window, suggesting that significant works surface infrequently and collectors should not assume rapid resale availability.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
- drawing
- watercolor
- gouache
Value drivers
- Medium and technique: oil paintings, gouaches, watercolors, and etchings each carry distinct market profiles
- Subject matter and composition significance
- Provenance and exhibition history, including museum-held works at MoMA and Tate
- Condition, authenticity, and attribution
- Date of execution relative to the artist's career phases
- Medium: oil paintings command the highest prices; drawings, watercolors, and prints form a separate, lower tier
Appraisal caveats
- Market data is derived from public auction records and museum holdings; private sale prices are not reflected.
- Jacovleff worked across many media and formats; auction results vary widely by medium, size, and period.
- Attribution should be confirmed through scholarly sources or catalogue raisonné when available.
- Only 7 of 16 recorded lots have published realized prices; the remaining 9 may include unsold or bought-in lots that cannot be used as confirmed comparables.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Tate museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
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