NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)

Study for the painting 'Maitreya'

Details

NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)
Study for the painting 'Maitreya'
signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed by the artist in pencil on the reverse n. 97 bis, Maytreia, N. Roerich
gouache and watercolor on cardboard
12x18in. (30.5x45.7cm.)

Provenance

The Winter Palace Gallery, London

Literature

For an image of the painting 'Maitreya', see Decter, J. Nicholas Roerich, The Life and Art of a Russian Master, (London, 1989), p. 195

Lot Essay

The path to Shambhala and signs of Shambhala are the subjects of countless paintings by Roerich. Many works, such as this one, depict images of Maitreya (the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama) carved into rocks.

We are grateful to Daniel Entin, director of the Roerich Museum in New York and Gvido Trepsa for providing information on this lot.

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