Святыни и твердыни. # 57
1925

...Не хочется давать здешним изображениям этнографический или географический характер. Пусть они идут как символы «святыни и твердыни». Пусть своим общим тоном героизма и подвига они скажут об этом крае.

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RUSSIAN ART

16 APRIL 2007 - 17 APRIL 2007 | 10:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK

378

PROPERTY FROM THE CIRCLE SCHOOL, TEXAS

Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD

LOT SOLD. 66,000 USD

Nicholas Roerich

1874-1947

RUSSIAN

SANCTUARIES AND CITADELS, FROM THE SERIES SANCTUARIES AND CITADELS, 1925

signed with artist's monogram (lower left); also signed with artist's monogram and inscribed N57 (on the reverse)

tempera on canvas mounted on board

11 3/4 by 15 7/8 in.

29.8 by 40.3 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

Private collection, San Antonio

LITERATURE

Roerich. Himalaya, New York, 1926, p. 153, illustrated

Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th ed., New York, 1930, no. 583-608