# Pinchas Litvinovsky artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/pinchas-litvinovsky/ Profile generated: 2026-05-10T12:00:36.152Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: Israeli, Russian, Ukrainian - Movements: Israeli art, 20th century, Modern art, 20th century - Common media: oil painting, watercolor, gouache ## About Pinchas Litvinovsky Pinchas Litvinovsky (1894–1985) was a painter, watercolorist, and gouache artist recognized as one of the significant figures in twentieth-century Israeli art. Born Piotr Vladimirovich Litvinovski in Novogeorgievsk, Ukraine, he was active in Odesa before settling in Palestine, where he worked in Tel Aviv and later Jerusalem. Library of Congress authority records classify his work under Israeli art and Modern art of the twentieth century. Litvinovsky's known subjects include portraits and genre scenes, executed across oil, watercolor, and gouache. His long career spanned the formative decades of Israeli visual culture, and collectors encounter his work today through gallery holdings and public auction. Multiple transliterations of his name appear across international catalogs, including Pinhas, Pinkas, and the original Piotr Vladimirovich. ## Common works and media Litvinovsky produced oil paintings, watercolors, and gouaches. His documented subjects include portraits and genre pictures. Works may be found on canvas, paper, or board, and range from smaller watercolor studies to larger painted compositions. Given his career length — spanning roughly seven decades from the 1910s through the early 1980s — collectors may encounter works from distinct periods reflecting shifts in his style and locale. ## Market and appraisal context Pinchas Litvinovsky has a well-established secondary-market footprint spanning more than two decades of auction activity (2002–2025). Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 220 total lots, of which 110 carry a realized price. The price distribution is wide: the observed range runs from $30 to $125,000, with a median of $500 and an interquartile spread of $160–$2,250. This dispersion reflects the breadth of his output — from small charcoal or gouache studies on paper in the low hundreds of dollars to large-scale oil paintings that command five-figure results. The auction market is concentrated among Israeli houses: Tiroche Auction House, Yair Art Gallery, Montefiore Auction House, Pasarel, Ishtar Auctions Ltd, and Kedem Public Auction House Ltd account for the majority of volume. Occasional lots surface at Art-Torg, The Bidder, Chiswick Auctions, Trinity International Auctions, Hill Auction Gallery, Levy Auction House, and Dynasty, indicating modest but real international reach beyond Israel. Liquidity has moderated recently — 4 lots in the trailing 12 months versus 12 in the prior 12 months — which may reflect ordinary cyclical variation rather than structural decline in a market this size. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Pinchas Litvinovsky has a well-established secondary-market footprint spanning more than two decades of auction activity (2002–2025). Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 220 total lots, of which 110 carry a realized price. The price distribution is wide: the observed range runs from $30 to $125,000, with a median of $500 and an interquartile spread of $160–$2,250. This dispersion reflects the breadth of his output — from small charcoal or gouache studies on paper in the low hundreds of dollars to large-scale oil paintings that command five-figure results. The auction market is concentrated among Israeli houses: Tiroche Auction House, Yair Art Gallery, Montefiore Auction House, Pasarel, Ishtar Auctions Ltd, and Kedem Public Auction House Ltd account for the majority of volume. Occasional lots surface at Art-Torg, The Bidder, Chiswick Auctions, Trinity International Auctions, Hill Auction Gallery, Levy Auction House, and Dynasty, indicating modest but real international reach beyond Israel. Liquidity has moderated recently — 4 lots in the trailing 12 months versus 12 in the prior 12 months — which may reflect ordinary cyclical variation rather than structural decline in a market this size. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal of a Litvinovsky work would cross-reference the piece's medium, dimensions, signature, condition, and documented provenance against the comparable-lot pool of 220 tracked records. Key appraisal steps include: (1) identifying the medium (oil on canvas or paper commands a premium over charcoal, gouache, or lithograph); (2) narrowing comparables by subject — portraits and rabbinical or genre scenes appear most frequently in recent lots; (3) adjusting for condition — works on paper are common in his oeuvre and are especially sensitive to foxing, fading, and mount damage; (4) verifying period — his seven-decade career means style and market value can vary significantly between early Odesa-period work and later Jerusalem-period pieces; (5) confirming attribution — multiple transliterations of his name appear in catalogs, so searching variant spellings is essential to avoid missing relevant comparables. The median auction result of $500 and p75 of $2,250 provide practical benchmarks for typical works, while the $125,000 maximum indicates that important oils can reach a substantially higher tier. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - Auction liquidity has decreased in the trailing 12 months (4 priced lots) compared with the prior 12 months (12 priced lots). This may be cyclical, but it means recent comparable data is thinner than usual. - Of 220 tracked lots, only 110 carry a realized price — the remainder may be unsold, withdrawn, or price-unreported lots. Median and percentile figures are computed from the priced subset only. - Many recent lot titles list only the artist name without specifying medium, dimensions, or date of execution. This limits the precision of subject-level comparable analysis. - Litvinovsky's name appears under multiple transliterations across catalogs. Comparable-sales searches that use only one spelling will return incomplete results. - A VIAF sub-entry from the National Library of Israel lists a death year of 1955, which conflicts with the 1985 date supported by Wikidata, Library of Congress, RKD, and other VIAF sub-authorities. The 1985 date is treated as authoritative throughout this addendum. - No catalogue raisonné was available in the source pack; attribution should be confirmed through additional scholarly or institutional verification where possible. - Prices span a very wide range ($30–$125,000). The upper extreme likely represents an exceptional oil painting and should not be treated as representative of typical market value. ### Market evidence sources - Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/pinchas-litvinovsky/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - Invaluable / Hill Auction Gallery: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-pinchas-litvinovsky-1894-1985-lithographs-3pc-lot-126-c-8f64744ba4 ## Appraisily data basis This Appraisily artist page combines identity research from authority files and institutional databases — including Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History — with Appraisily's auction-record database. When available, comparable lots, sale dates, realized prices, and auction-house context supplement the biographical profile. ## Sources - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7002886 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchas_Litvinovsky - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500086978 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/74749780/ - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95024382 - RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/50427