Lot 9
  • 9

Svetoslav Roerich

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Svetoslav Roerich
  • Boddisattva, late 1920s
  • tempera on canvas
  • 14 by 18 in.
  • 36 by 46 cm

Provenance

Collection of Patricia Hirsch, New York
Acquired directly from the above, circa 1990s

Condition

Tempera on canvas. The surface is dirty. There is minor paint loss around the edges and minor craquelure and paint loss in purple ring, boddisattva's head and hair, and other spots. There is a line of minor paint loss on the right edge and paint loss in the corners, particularly the lower right corner. Held in a gold painted wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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