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RUSSIAN ART
23 APRIL 2004 | 10:15 AM EDT
NEW YORK
101
Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 131,200 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
THE SACRED GROVE, SNEGOUROTCHKA (THE SNOW MAIDEN)
oil on canvas
23 1/8 by 31 1/8 in.
58.7 by 79.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, December 6, 1979, lot 59, illustrated
Private collection (acquired from the above sale)
EXHIBITED
New York, Cordier & Eckstrom, Nicholas Roerich Decors and Costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Russian Operas, 1974, illustrated
CATALOGUE NOTE
Executed in 1917.
Nicholas Roerich designed the decor and costumes for this production of the Rimsky-Korsakov opera for the Chicago Civic Opera Company, performed in 1922.
We would like to thank Daniel Entin, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for providing additional catalogue information.