Vladimir Tretchikoff Auction Prices and Value Guide

Vladimir Tretchikoff auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 335 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Vladimir Tretchikoff auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Vladimir Tretchikoff
Source records
335
Market update
2026-02-16

Vladimir Tretchikoff market snapshot

Vladimir Tretchikoff shows solid auction liquidity with 69 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-26.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (72.7% · 32 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (4.5% · 2 sales)
  • $10,000+ (22.7% · 10 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$400,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-26

Artist context

About Vladimir Tretchikoff

Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006) was a Russian-born painter, sculptor, and illustrator who became one of the most commercially successful artists of the twentieth century. Born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, he fled the Russian Revolution as a child and spent his formative years in China, where he began his career as a cartoonist for the Shanghai Evening Post. After periods in Singapore and wartime internment on Java under Japanese occupation, he settled in South Africa in 1946 and remained there until his death in Cape Town. Tretchikoff is best known for Chinese Girl — popularly called The Green Lady — a portrait of a woman with distinctive blue-green skin tones that became one of the bestselling art prints in history. His bold, figurative style, featuring portraits, still lifes, orientalist subjects, and animal studies, earned enormous popular appeal even as it divided critical opinion. Today collectors encounter his work across originals, limited-edition prints, and widely distributed reproductions.

Popular figurative artOil paintingWatercolorSculptureDrawingPortraitsStill lifeOrientalismFemale nudes

Common works and media

Collectors most frequently encounter Tretchikoff through reproduction prints — particularly Chinese Girl (The Green Lady), The Dying Swan, Balinese Girl, and Lost Orchid. Original works include oil-on-canvas portraits and still lifes, watercolor figure studies, charcoal or ink drawings, and sculptural editions. Common subjects are female portraits (often with stylized skin tones), floral still lifes, wildlife and bird studies, orientalist figure compositions, and allegorical scenes. Prints were produced in large editions on paper and board, sometimes with the artist's stamped signature; hand-signed limited editions are less common and carry a premium.

Market and appraisal context

Tretchikoff's market spans original oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures, and the vast reproduction-print industry that made his images ubiquitous in mid-century homes. The most significant valuation factor is distinguishing an original painting from a print — originals of iconic titles like Chinese Girl and The Dying Swan carry substantially higher auction values. Print editions vary in size, paper quality, and numbering, all of which affect collectibility. Condition is especially important for prints, which were mass-produced and often displayed without conservation. Provenance linking a work to Tretchikoff's South African or earlier Asian periods can provide useful context. Collectors should be aware that no comprehensive catalogue raisonné is referenced in available public records, which can complicate attribution.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • Mass reproduction of Tretchikoff's images makes distinguishing original paintings from prints essential for appraisal
  • The artist's commercial popularity outpaced critical recognition; auction results can vary widely between original works and prints
  • No catalogue raisonné is referenced in the available source pack, making definitive attribution and completeness assessment difficult

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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