Камень вождя. # 21
1918

- Николай Рерих, Список картин 1917-1924 годов. Рукопись, Архив музея Николая Рериха, № 21, указана как "Камень вождя".

- Выставка Николая Рериха. С введением и каталогом картин Кристиана Бринтона. 1920-1921-1922. Нью-Йорк: "Редфилд-Кендрик-Оделл Компани", 1921, № 79, указана как Могила великана.

- Рерих. Гималаи. Статьи Ф.Гранта и других авторов. Нью-Йорк: Издательство Брентано, 1926, с. 196, указана как "Камень вождя". Каталог музея - Рериха. 8-е изд. Нью-Йорк: Музей Рериха, 1930, № 79, указан как Могила Великана.

- Николай Рерих, Салон Стриндберга, Собрание сочинений, 1919, № 38.

- Николай Рерих. Заклинания России: Каталог. Галерея Гупиля, Лондон, 1920, № 50, указана как Могила Великана.

- Николай Константинович Рерих. Чары России: Каталог. Публичная художественная галерея, Уортинг, 1920 год, № 122, указана как могила Великана.

- Выставка Николая Рериха, 1920, 1921, 1922, Каталог картин Кристиана Бринтона, 1921, № 79.

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SALE 1821

Russian Paintings and Works of Art

New York

18 April 2007

LOT 33

Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (1874-1947)

Stone of the Leader

Price realised

USD 168,000

Estimate

USD 100,000 - USD 150,000

Signed with the artist's monogram and dated '1918' (lower left)

tempera on board

17¼ x 24¼ in. (43 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1918

Provenance

Roerich Museum Collection, 1924-1935.

Louis Horch Collection, New York, circa 1935.

Private collection.

Literature

Nicholas Roerich, List of Paintings 1917-1924. MS, Nicholas Roerich Museum Archive, No. 21, listed as Kamen' vozhdya (Stone of the Chieftain).

The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition. With Introduction and Catalogue of the Paintings by Christian Brinton. 1920-1921-1922. New York: Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company, 1921, No. 79, listed as The Giant's Grave.

Roerich. Himalaya. Articles by F.Grant and others. New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1926, p. 196, listed as Stone of the Leader. Roerich Museum Catalogue. 8th ed. New York: Roerich Museum, 1930, No. 79, listed as The Giant's Grave.

Exhibited

Nicholas Rörich Separatutställning. 10-30 November 1918. Gummesons Konsthall, Stockholm, No. 38.

Nicholas Rörich, Maleriudstilling fra 10. Januar. Kunstdl. Henry Schou, Ovenlyssalen, Bredgade 34, No. 38.

Nicholas Roerich, Salon Strindberg, Konstutställning, 1919, No. 38.

Nicholas Roerich. Spells of Russia: Catalogue. The Goupil Gallery, London, 1920, No. 50, listed as The Giant's Grave.

Nicholas Roerich. Spells of Russia: Catalogue. The Public Art Gallery, Worthing, 1920, No. 122, listed as The Giant's Grave.

The Nicholas Roerich exhibition, 1920, 1921, 1922, Catalogue of the Paintings by Christian Brinton, 1921, No. 79.

Post-Lot Text

The present lot is one of the many Lake Ladoga scenes, painted by Nicholas Roerich in 1917-1918, while staying in Karelia. At one point the original title was translated into English as The Giant's Grave, but later, in his List of Paintings 1917-1924, the artist crossed out Grobnitsa (The Grave) and kept the original title Kamen' vozhdya - Stone of the Leader (or Chieftain).

We would like to thank Gvido Trepsha of the Nicholas Roerich Museum for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.