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Property from a Private Collection, England

Nicholas Roerich

Rocks and Cliffs (from the Ladoga series)

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, England

Nicholas Roerich

1874 - 1947


Rocks and Cliffs (from the Ladoga series)

signed with monogram and dated 1918 (lower left)

pastel and charcoal on paper laid on board

24 by 31 cm, 9½ by 12¼ in.

Framed: 31 by 38.5, 12¼ by 15⅛ in.

Executed in 1918.


We are grateful to Gvido Trepsa, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, for providing additional cataloguing information.

The artist

The Roerich Museum, until 1935

Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, 1935-1971

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, acquired in 1971

Acquired by the present owner in 1998

New York, Kingor Galleries; Boston Art Club; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery; Chicago Art Institute; St Louis City Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art; Omaha, Replica Handbags s Society; Kansas City Art Institute; Cleveland Museum of Art; Indianapolis, Herron Art Institute, Minnesota State Fair; Milwaukee Institute of Art; Detroit Institute of Art, et al., The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, 1920–1923 (tour of 20 cities)

New York, Roerich Museum (permanent collection), 1923–1935

Paris, Galerie de la Scala, 101 Masterpieces, Russian Graphic Art 1790-1920, March - April 1999

Christian Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition Catalogue, 1920-1921-1922, New York: Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company, Inc., 1921, no. 152-172, listed as Rocks and Cliffs—Ladoga series. Painted in Karelia, 1917-1918.

Francis Grant et al, Roerich. Himalaya. A Monograph, New York: Brentano’s Publishers, 1926, no. 151-164, p. 204, listed as Rocks and Cliffs (“Ladoga” series). F[inland]. (159, 162, 163, L[oan] E[xhibition].)

Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 151-164, p. 16 listed as Rocks and Cliffs (“Ladoga” series). 1918 F[inland].

A Time to Gather... Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, St Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2007, no. 76 p. 120, illustrated