Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from a Private Collection, England
Auction Closed
November 26, 01:34 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH ROERICH
1874-1947
GURU-GURI DAR
signed with the artist's monogram l.l.; further bearing an Explorers Club collection label on the reverse
tempera on paper laid on card
22 by 30.5cm, 8¾ by 12in.
Executed circa 1929-1933
The collection of Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy (1903-1970), American envoy to Tibet and member of the Explorers Club
Private collection, USA
Sotheby's London, Russian Pictures Including Works on Paper by Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, 1 December 2015, lot 116
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
'…to the north of Kulu rise the white peaks of the main Himalayan range. Beyond them lies the road to Lahoul and Ladak and the main white giant is called Guru-Guri Dhar – the Path of the Spiritual Teacher', N.Roerich, Gods of Kaluta.
We would like to thank Gvido Trepša, Senior Researcher, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, for providing additional catalogue information.