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RUSSIAN ART
22 APRIL 2009 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
51
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 86,500 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
A PERSIAN THEATRE (SKETCH), 1920
variously inscribed, numbered, and labeled (on the reverse and stretcher)
tempera on canvas
12 by 16 in.
30.5 by 41 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1977
EXHIBITED
London, The Goupil Gallery, Nicholas Roerich. Spells of Russia, 1920
New York, Kingor Galleries, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, December 1920-January 1921 (traveling exhibition, visiting the following locations among others)
Boston, Boston Art Club, February 1921
Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, March 1921
Chicago, Art Institute, April-May 1921
St. Louis, City Art Museum, July 1921
San Francisco, Museum of Art, September-October 1921
Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1922
New York, Nicholas Roerich Museum (permanent collection), 1923-1935
LITERATURE
Christian Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, New York, 1921, no. 136
F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph, New York, 1926, p. 198
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 136
According to The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition catalogue, this lot was painted in London in 1920.