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IMPORTANT SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART
New York
19 October 2001
LOT 180
NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)
Arjuna
Price realised
USD 105,000
Estimate
USD 40,000 - USD 60,000
unsigned, inscribed in pencil on the reverse n. 81 Arjuna 1929
tempera on canvas
29x46in. (73.5x117cm.)
painted in 1929 in Naggar, Himalaya
Provenance
Roerich Museum, New York
Louis Horch
Baltzar E. Bolling
Then by direct descent
Literature
J. Decter, Nicholas Roerich, (London, 1989) ill. p. 188
Exhibited
New York, Roerich Museum, (1930) n. 997 Grand Haven, Michigan, Grand Haven Community Center,Exhibit of Paintings by Nicholas Roerich, (1969)
Lot Notes
In 1928, Roerich was in Kullu in the West Himalayas.
"He continued to portray legendary holy men and deities as he had in his "Banners of the East" series. InArjuna (1937), the disciple of Krishna is shown blasting a path through the mountains that will lead him to the hot springs of Manikaran. As he directs his outstretched arms toward the mountain it miraculously splits open and emits a lightning-like beam of energy." J. Decter, Nicholas Roerich, (London, 1989) pgs. 183 and 185
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