 He was not commercially successful abroad, though his works were displayed in prestigious museums, such as New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and others.In 2002 Andrei Zagdansky produced a feature-length documentary Vasya about life and art of Vasily Sitnikov.In 2007 a LiveAuctioneers.com buyer paid a record price for Vasily Sitnikov painting of $496,900.