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RUSSIAN PAINTINGS
29 MAY 2012 | 10:30 AM BST
LONDON
177
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SAN FRANCISCO
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich
TANGLA
Estimate 12,000 — 18,000 GBP
LOT SOLD. 18,750 GBP
DETAILS & CATALOGUING
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich
1874-1947
TANGLA
dated 1928 and inscribed 53 on the reverse
tempera on board
14 by 32cm, 5 5/8 by 12 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York
Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, 1935
Private Collection, United States, 1970s
EXHIBITED
New York, Nicholas Roerich Museum (permanent collection), 1928-1935
LITERATURE
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 882
CATALOGUE NOTE
FIG. 1
Nikolai and Helena Roerich on horseback crossing Tangla