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Study of a shore
Details
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh [Roerich] (1874-1947)
Study of a shore
signed with monogram (lower left); signed, dated and numbered 'N. Roerich/1923/319' (on the reverse)
tempera on board
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Study of a shore
signed with monogram (lower left); signed, dated and numbered 'N. Roerich/1923/319' (on the reverse)
tempera on board
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Literature
Catalogue, Roerich Museum, Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th edition, New York, 1930, no 319, Sketch to 'Ocean' Series.
Special notice
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Further details
This is a study of Monhegan Island, where the artist spent some time in the summer of 1922, and where he painted the 'Ocean' series consisting of 14 canvases, inspired by the island's scenery.
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.