# Aleksandr Evgen'evic Jakovlev artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/aleksandr-evgen-evic-jakovlev/ Profile generated: 2026-05-02T21:21:16.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1887-06-13 - Death date: 1938-05-12 - Nationality: Russian, French - Movements: Neoclassicism - Common media: oil painting, watercolor, gouache, etching, drawing, fresco, pastel ## 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. ## 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-house-backed market evidence 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. ### Appraisal notes Appraisily would use these auction records as a comparable-sales starting point, then refine the estimate by matching against the specific work's medium, dimensions, signature, condition report, provenance documentation, and exhibition or publication history. Oil paintings on canvas—particularly figurative subjects and travel scenes—are the strongest value tier; works on paper, prints, and studies trade in a distinctly lower band. Currency and date adjustments are necessary: the peak Christie's and Bonhams results are from 2008 and 2014 respectively, and the market for Russian émigré artists has fluctuated since. An appraiser would select comparables by medium first, then subject, size, and period, applying time-based market adjustments. Attribution should be confirmed against published scholarship or a catalogue raisonné when available; several recent Mirabaud-Mercier lots repeat the same title (Femmes vers 1930) without published prices, which may indicate bought-in or unsold results that should not be treated as confirmed comparables. ### Valuation factors - Medium: oil paintings command the highest prices; drawings, watercolors, and prints form a separate, lower tier - Subject and composition: travel-inspired figurative works and portraits (Chinese, Central Asian, North African subjects) achieve premium results; still lifes and landscapes occupy a middle band; studies and sketches trade lower - Size and scale: large canvases and finished compositions are priced well above small-format works on paper and study sheets - Provenance and exhibition history: works with documented museum exhibition or literature citation attract stronger bidding - Auction house tier: results from Christie's and Bonhams carry more weight as market benchmarks than regional house results - Currency and date of sale: the strongest comparables (2008–2014) predate recent market shifts; time-based adjustments are essential - Condition and authenticity: given the age of the work (artist active c. 1905–1938), condition reports and attribution verification are critical - Market liquidity: very few lots have appeared since 2022, and none with published prices in the last twelve months, making recent comparable selection limited ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - 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. - The highest prices (2008 Christie's, 2014 Bonhams) were recorded during a different market cycle and may not reflect current achievable values. - Multiple currencies (USD, GBP, EUR) appear in the record; direct comparison requires currency normalization and date adjustment. - Several lots at Mirabaud-Mercier (2022–2023) repeat the same title without published prices, which may indicate works that failed to sell or were withdrawn. - Private sale prices, dealer asking prices, and fair-market values are not reflected in the auction-record data. - Attribution should be verified independently; no catalogue raisonné or artist-estate authority was identified in the source pack. - Market data is derived from Appraisily's auction record index; coverage may not be exhaustive across all global auction houses. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/aleksandr-evgen-evic-jakovlev/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Biographical data is cross-referenced against museum holdings and authority files. ## Sources - RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/41254 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593879 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/7560129/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Jacovleff - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/64729 - Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alexandre-jacovleff-1350