Lot 50
  • 50

Nicholas Roerich

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Nicholas Roerich
  • Tibet. Buddha on the Road, 1936
  • signed with artist's monogram (lower left)
  • tempera on board

  • 12 by 18 in.
  • 30.5 by 46 cm

Provenance

Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964

Exhibited

Santa Fe, Arsuna Galleries, July 1937-circa 1939

Condition

Gouache on paper. The surface is slightly dirty and there are several very small dark stains (could be original). There is a small scratch in the upper right corner and some paint loss to the left of center. Held in a modern wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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