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RUSSIAN ART
02 NOVEMBER 2009 | 10:00 AM EST
NEW YORK
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 146,500 USD
DETAILS & CATALOGUING
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
VILLAGE FROM THE HIMALAYAN SERIES, 1924
signed with artist's monogram (lower right); numbered 63 and dated 1924 (on the reverse)
tempera on canvas mounted on board
12 by 16 in.
30.5 by 41 cm
We would like to thank Gvido Trepša, Senior Researcher, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, for assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
PROVENANCE
Poorman's Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1963
EXHIBITED
New York, Roerich Museum (permanent collection) until 1935
LITERATURE
F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph, New York, 1926, p. 30, illustrated (titled Stupa)
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 515 (titled Stupa)
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