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SALE 7772
Russian Art
London
1 - 2 December 2009
LOT 429
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Rocks and Cliffs, from the series Ladoga
Price realised
GBP 67,250
Estimate
GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000
with later added monogram (lower left); further numbered '157' (on the frame)
tempera on board
12 x 16 in. (30.2 x 40.4 cm.)
Painted in 1917/1918
Provenance
Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, 1923-1935.
Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, 1935.
Ralph Harris Houston.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1955.
Literature
C. Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, New York, 1921, no. 152-172.
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, p. 16, no. 157.
Lot Notes
We are grateful to Gvido Trepsa and The Roerich Museum, New York, for their assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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