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Lot 53*
Sold for £ 54,000 (RUB 4,455,400) inc. premium
THE RUSSIAN SALE
30 Nov 2009, 13:00 GMT
LONDON, NEW BOND STREET
i Konstantinovich Roerich (Russian, 1874-1947)
Cloud, from the 'Himalayan' series, 1924
inscribed on verso in pencil '53.1924'
tempera on canvas laid on board
30.4 x 40.2cm (11 15/16 x 15 13/16in).
FOOTNOTES
PROVENANCE:
Roerich Museum, New York, 1924-1935
Collection of Nettie & Louis Horch, USA, 1935
Private Collection, California, USA
EXHIBITED:
New York (permanent collection), Roerich Museum, 1924-1935
LITERATURE:
N. Roerich, List of Paintings 1917-1924, no. 53 (listed as 'Облако'), MS in Nicholas Roerich Museum archive
F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph, New York, Brentano Publ., 1926, p. 200
Roerich Musuem Catalogue, 8th edition, New York, Roerich Museum, 1930, no. 505