# Leonid Sokov artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:15:38.299Z
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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1941-10-11
- Death date: 2018-04-04
- Nationality: Soviet, American
- Movements: Russian nonconformist art, Sots Art
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Objects and installations, Works on paper and prints, Mixed media and editions

## Portrait

![Leonid Sokov](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/1280px-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg)
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## About Leonid Sokov

Leonid Sokov (1941–2018) was a Soviet-American painter and sculptor associated in collected biographical sources with Russian nonconformist art and Sots Art. Authority and bibliographic records identify painting and sculpture as central to his practice while also documenting objects and installations. Born in Russia, Sokov later lived and worked primarily in New York City from 1980, placing his career across Soviet and American cultural settings. Collectors encounter his name in several auction categories, including paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editions. These categories encompass objects with significantly different materials, dimensions, dates, and production methods, so identification should begin with the physical work rather than the artist name alone. Signatures, inscriptions, construction, provenance, exhibition documentation, and catalogue references can help distinguish well-documented works from uncertain or broadly attributed material.

## Common works and media

Collected records identify paintings and sculptures as Sokov's principal auction-facing formats, with additional references to objects, installations, works on paper, prints, mixed media, and editions. These are broad categories rather than a catalogue raisonné. Each object should be classified from its actual materials, construction, dimensions, inscriptions, edition status, and supporting documentation before comparable sales are selected.

## Market and appraisal context

Leonid Sokov's auction market spans paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative objects, and editions. Meaningful appraisal comparisons should match the medium, dimensions, date, career period, subject, condition, and attribution level as closely as possible. Signature and inscription evidence, edition information, restoration history, provenance, exhibitions, and catalogue references may also affect comparability. Appraisily's public page reports matched records from 2007–2025, but the dataset may omit private transactions and incomplete auction feeds. Reported results can also differ in whether buyer premiums or other fees are included. Observed prices and medians are therefore descriptive market evidence, not predictions for an individual object.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6526490
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500331913
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/42736027/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89012350
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/161495907
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Sokov
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Sokov
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/leonid-sokov/