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SALE 1125
Russian Art
London|3 June 2013
LOT 29
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Lying in wait
Price realised
GBP 49,875
Estimate
GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'N. Rerikh/1900.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
8½ x 19½ in. (21.5 x 50 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's father-in-law, Paris, circa 1920-1930.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE
Lot Notes
This watercolour relates to an oil, Zhdut (They wait), painted by Roerich in 1900 and formerly in the collection of G. Fuchs. A later variation of the composition, painted in 1901, was subsequently destroyed and is known only from a reproduction (see Iu. Baltrushaitis et al., Rerikh, Petrograd, 1916, p. 24).
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.