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RUSSIAN ART
22 APRIL 2009 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
42
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 170,500 USD
Nicholas Roerich
1874-1947
RUSSIAN
NEW MOON FROM THE SERIES HIMALAYAN, 1924
dated 1924, numbered 48 and variously inscribed (on the reverse)
tempera on canvas laid down on board
11 by 15 in.
28 by 38 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), 1924-1935
LITERATURE
F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph. New York, 1926, p. 200 and p. 169, illustrated
Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 500