# Leonid Balaklav artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/leonid-balaklav/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:39:18.004Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Israeli
- Common media: Painting

## About Leonid Balaklav

Leonid Balaklav is an Israeli painter born in 1956 in Moldova. Authority and encyclopedia records place his career within both Soviet and Israeli cultural contexts, while connecting his English name with Russian and Hebrew forms used in catalogues. The available sources identify Balaklav primarily as a painter but do not provide institution-grade evidence for a particular movement, school, recurring subject, or named series. Collectors may encounter his name in fine-art and painting listings, along with broader auction classifications covering works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Those classifications are record-grouping signals, not proof that every listed medium is characteristic of his practice. Because public auction data contain numerous name-matched records, an appraisal should confirm the object's medium, date, dimensions, signature, provenance, condition, and attribution before selecting comparable sales.

## Common works and media

The source pack identifies painting as Balaklav's primary practice. Appraisily's matched auction records also use broader classifications for works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the market source describes its category concentration as broad or sparse, these secondary labels should be verified against the medium, technique, signature, dimensions, and catalogue description of each object rather than treated as established hallmarks of the artist's output.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction results can establish a useful comparison set for Leonid Balaklav, but a general artist-level median or price range should not be applied directly to an individual object. Relevant comparisons should align as closely as possible on medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and provenance. Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, exhibition history, catalogue references, restoration, and surface quality may also affect interpretation. Reported results can differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, while private sales and incomplete feeds remain outside many datasets. Authentication, direct inspection, and recent comparable lots are therefore important parts of a defensible appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, reported realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, reporting differences, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4076304
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/97644253/
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
- Wikipedia: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%91
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/leonid-balaklav/