Надежда. # 38
1922

Надежда – крылатая птица огненная, провозвестница будущего, но в размере сознания устремленного сердца. Надежда – всех ищущих друг. Надежда – оружие Наше, которое Даем Мы в руки идущих за Нами. Надежда всем ратникам светоч, надежда – ведущий луч Света, надежда – огонь неугасшего сердца. Надежда – Наш друг и рачитель. Не вздумайте пламя надежды убить. Куда же пойдут безнадежные? Не во тьму ли? Пусть пламень надежды живет, пока бьется сердце. А пока оно не престанет, то пусть не умрет и надежда на то светлое, сияющее Будущее, которое ожидает человека.

Грани Агни Йоги. 1957 г. 573. (Дек. 13).

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/russian-art-n08538/lot.45.html

RUSSIAN ART

22 APRIL 2009 | 10:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK

45

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK

Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 USD

LOT SOLD. 434,500 USD

Nicholas Roerich

1874-1947

RUSSIAN

MONHEGAN, MAINE (HOPE) FROM THE SERIES OCEAN, 1922

oil on burlap

23 by 34 in.

58.5 by 86.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York (acquired directly from the artist)

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1977

EXHIBITED

New York, Nicholas Roerich Museum (permanent collection), 1923-1935

LITERATURE

Coroni Mundi International Art Center, Roerich, New York, 1924, pl. [52], illustrated

F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph, New York, 1926, p. 199

Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 191

CATALOGUE NOTE

In 1922 Roerich traveled to Monhegan, a secluded island off the coast of Maine which he painted in several compelling compositions. Roerich's trip to Monhegan was momentous, for it was there that he convinced his closest American followers and patrons to establish the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York, as well as other cultural institutions. It was also there that he convinced them to fund his journey to Central Asia, where he spent the rest of his life and painted many of his best-known series.