Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich

Roerich Museum, New York, 1928-1935
Nettie & Louis Horch, New York
Acquired directly from Louis Horch in 1977

Roerich Museum, New York (permanent collection), 1928-1935, no. 862  

Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York: Roerich Museum, 1930. p.34

Original canvas. There is a small tear to the canvas in the top left corner and a fleck of paint-loss on the lower left. There is some surface dirt, craquelure to the impasto and evidence of some paint shrinkage to the sky. Held in a simple wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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The present lot was executed in 1928 in Tibet.