Tibetan Kharbu

Details

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Tibetan Kharbu
pencil, charcoal and tempera on paper, laid down on board
10 x 14¼ in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm.)

Provenance

Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1978.

Literature

Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, 1930, no. 971.

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Lot Essay

The present landscape depicts Ladakh, or Little Tibet. The artist traversed Ladakh in 1925 while traveling from Kashmir to Leh.

We are grateful to Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.

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