# David Davidovic Burljuk artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-davidovic-burljuk/ Profile generated: 2026-04-29T20:18:27.382Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1882-07-21 - Death date: 1967-01-15 - Nationality: Ukrainian, Russian, American - Movements: Russian Futurism, Neo-Primitivism, Der Blaue Reiter (associated/exhibited) - Common media: Oil painting, Watercolor, Drawing, Engraving, Collage, Gouache, Graphic art / printmaking, Poetry ## About David Davidovic Burljuk David Davidovich Burliuk (1882-1967) was a Ukrainian-born painter, poet, illustrator, and graphic artist widely recognized as a central figure of Russian Futurism and Neo-Primitivism. Born in the Kharkov Governorate of what is now Ukraine, Burliuk studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich and later at the Moscow Academy of Fine Art. In 1912 he co-authored the landmark Futurist manifesto 'A Slap in the Face of Public Taste,' and exhibited with the Der Blaue Reiter group in Munich in 1911-12. His practice spanned oil painting, watercolor, gouache, collage, engraving, drawing, and experimental poetry. After emigrating from Russia, Burliuk settled on Long Island, New York, where he continued working until his death in 1967. His work is held in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ## Common works and media Burliuk's output includes oil paintings on canvas and board, watercolors, gouaches, collages, pen-and-ink drawings, charcoal drawings, woodcuts, engravings, and illustrated books and poetry broadsides. Subjects range from landscapes and village scenes to portraits, still lifes, and abstract or semi-abstract compositions reflecting his Futurist and Neo-Primitivist concerns. Both his Russian-period and American-period works circulate in the auction market. ## Market and appraisal context David Burliuk maintains a deep and active secondary market with 171 recorded auction lots (108 with prices realized) spanning 2004 through early 2025. The price distribution is wide: the observed range runs from $50 for ephemera and minor works on paper up to £132,000 (approximately $167,000) for a major oil painting at Sotheby's in June 2024. The median stands at $2,800 with a 75th percentile at $10,000, indicating that mid-tier works — particularly watercolors, smaller oils, and works on paper — trade regularly in the low four-figure range, while significant oils with strong provenance or period importance can command five and occasionally six figures. Ten or more auction houses have handled his material, including Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, MacDougall's (a specialist Russian art house), Shapiro Auctions, and Clarke Auction Gallery. Recent top results at Sotheby's — £132,000 for 'Head of a Sailor' (June 2024), £50,800 for 'Positano' (March 2025), and $45,600 for 'Mexico' (October 2024) — demonstrate sustained demand for quality oils at the upper tier. The breadth of houses (from international blue-chip to regional American and European specialists) and the long span of recorded sales signal healthy, liquid demand across market segments. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence David Burliuk maintains a deep and active secondary market with 171 recorded auction lots (108 with prices realized) spanning 2004 through early 2025. The price distribution is wide: the observed range runs from $50 for ephemera and minor works on paper up to £132,000 (approximately $167,000) for a major oil painting at Sotheby's in June 2024. The median stands at $2,800 with a 75th percentile at $10,000, indicating that mid-tier works — particularly watercolors, smaller oils, and works on paper — trade regularly in the low four-figure range, while significant oils with strong provenance or period importance can command five and occasionally six figures. Ten or more auction houses have handled his material, including Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, MacDougall's (a specialist Russian art house), Shapiro Auctions, and Clarke Auction Gallery. Recent top results at Sotheby's — £132,000 for 'Head of a Sailor' (June 2024), £50,800 for 'Positano' (March 2025), and $45,600 for 'Mexico' (October 2024) — demonstrate sustained demand for quality oils at the upper tier. The breadth of houses (from international blue-chip to regional American and European specialists) and the long span of recorded sales signal healthy, liquid demand across market segments. ### Appraisal notes When appraising a David Burliuk work, Appraisily would cross-reference the submitted item — using photos, dimensions, medium, signature, condition report, and documented provenance — against the auction-record pool of 171 lots. Key steps include: (1) identifying the period (Russian Futurist/Neo-Primitivist pre-1920 vs. American-period post-1922), as Russian-period oils with exhibition history anchor the top of the range; (2) confirming medium and scale, since oils on canvas or board dominate the upper price tier while watercolors, prints, and ephemera cluster below $3,000; (3) verifying attribution carefully, given the Burliuk family's stylistic overlap and the heightened forgery scrutiny applied to Russian avant-garde works; (4) selecting comparable lots from the recent record — adjusting for currency, date, and house tier — to bracket fair market value; and (5) noting any exhibition labels, catalog raisonné entries, or publication history that can materially lift value above comparable lots without such documentation. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/david-davidovic-burljuk/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-burliuk-david-davidovic-portrait-einer-dame-7056-c-9194a318ae - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-burliuk-david-oil-on-canvas-old-woman-36-c-a564632a97 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-burliuk-happy-new-year-1947-33-c-a354639821 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine identity research grounded in museum records, library authority files, and published biographical sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when those records are available. For David Burliuk, identity data is supported by the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, Wikidata, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and the Museum of Modern Art collection records. ## Sources - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610532 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Burliuk - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27185777/ - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84147694 - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/877 - RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/9796 - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026962