Озеро Хюмпола
1917

https://www.shapiroauctions.com/auctions/russian-international-art-auction-2013-11-16/132-nikolai-konstantinovich-roerich-russian-1874-1947

November 16, 2013

Russian & International Art Auction

132

NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH ROERICH (RUSSIAN 1874-1947)

Lake Hympola

1917

tempera and pastel on board

39.8 x 43.5 cm (15 3/4 x 17 1/4 in)

Signed with monogram and dated 1917 lower left; On verso, Inscribed: #154 cat, with label with inscriptions in Louis Horch's hand, miscellaneous inscriptions

PROVENANCE:

Nettie & Louis Horch Collection, USA, from 1935; Dr. Carlos Giro Collection, U

Estimate: $250,000 – $350,000

Result: $300,000 (including premium)

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21518/lot/34/

Lot 34*

£ 120,000 - 150,000

RUB 10,000,000 - 13,000,000

THE RUSSIAN SALE

26 Nov 2014, 14:00 GMT

LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (Russian, 1874-1947)

'Lake Hympola', 1917

signed with artist's monogram and dated '1917' (lower left), numbered '154,' with applied paper label inscribed by Louis Horch, further inscriptions in pencil (on verso)

pastel and tempera on board

40 x 43.5cm (15 3/4 x 17 1/8in).

FOOTNOTES

Provenance

Roerich Museum, New York, 1927-1935.

Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, USA, until 1957.

Dr. Carlos Giro, USA, 1957-2003.

Private collection, USA, 1994-2006.

Gene Shapiro Auction, 16 November 2013, lot 132.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

New York, Kingor Galleries; Boston, Boston Art Club; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery; Chicago, Art Institute; St Louis, City Art Museum; San Francisco, Museum of Art; Omaha, Fine Arts Society; Kansas, City Art Institute; Cleveland, Museum of Art; Indianapolis, Herron Art Institute; Minnesota State fair; Milwaukee, Art Institute; Detroit, Institute of Art, and elsewhere, 1920–1923, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition.

Roerich Museum, New York, 1924–1935 (permanent exhibition).

Literature

Christian Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, New York, 1920, no.154 (nos. 152–172 listed collectively as: Rocks and Cliffs, Ladoga Series).

Roerich, New York, Corona Mundi, 1924, plate 22 and titled 'Lake of Hympola. Finland'.

Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, p. 16, nos. 151–164 (listed collectively as: Rocks and Cliffs, Ladoga Series).

We would like to thank Gvido Trepša (Nicholad Roerich Museum, New York) for his assistance in cataloguing and researching the present group of paintings, as well as the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York and the State Oriental Museum, Moscow for providing archival photographs.