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RUSSIAN ART
16 APRIL 2007 - 17 APRIL 2007 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
373
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION, MASSACHUSETTS
Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 72,000 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
COSTUME DESIGN FOR SNEGOROUCHKA, CIRCA 1921
signed with artist's monogram (lower left); inscribed C.M. and #262 (on the reverse)
charcoal and pastel on paperboard
19 1/2 by 12 2/3 in.
49.5 by 32.2 cm
We would like to thank Daniel Entin, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, and his colleague Gvido Trepsha for providing additional catalogue information.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent
EXHIBITED
probably, Denver, Roerich, December, 1921, no. 178
LITERATURE
probably, Roerich, Denver, 1921, no. 178
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, p. 18, no. 262
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