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RUSSIAN ART
15 APRIL 2008 - 16 APRIL 2008 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
93
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 181,000 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
SUBURGHANS. TASHIDING, FROM THE HIMILAYAN SERIES, 1924
signed with artist's monogram (lower left); twice inscribed 503 and labeled 503 "Suburghans" Nicholas Roerich (on the reverse)
tempera on canvas mounted onto 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 providing additional catalogue information.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent
LITERATURE
F. Grant et al., Paintings by Nicholas Roerich: Complete List of the Works of Nicholas Roerich, New York, 1926, p. 200
Roerich Museum, Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th ed., New York, 1930, no. 503
CATALOGUE NOTE
This painting is number 51 in the listing of paintings from 1917 to 1924 in the Roerich Museum archives. It is one of 41 paintings completed in the vicinity of Darjeeling.