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RUSSIAN ART
15 APRIL 2008 - 16 APRIL 2008 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
92
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 181,000 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
MIST BEFORE DAWN FROM THE HIMILAYAN SERIES, 1924
signed with artist's monogram (lower right); twice inscribed 519 and incorrectly labeled Talung 873 (on the reverse)
tempera on board
11 3/4 by 15 3/4 in.
30 by 40 cm
We would like to thank Gvido Trepša, Senior Researcher, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, for providing additional catalogue information.
LITERATURE
F. Grant et al., Paintings by Nicholas Roerich: Complete List of the Works of Nicholas Roerich, New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1926, p. 200
Roerich Museum, Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th ed., New York, 1930, no. 519
CATALOGUE NOTE
This painting is number 51 in the listing of paintings from 1917 to 1924 in the Roerich Museum archives. It is one of 41 paintings completed in the vicinity of Darjeeling.