Buddha

Details

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Buddha
signed with artist's monogram (lower right); faintly numbered 'II 76 III' (on the reverse)
tempera on card
6 x 12 in. (15.2 x 30 cm.)

Provenance

Yuri Roerich (1902-1960).
A gift from the above to Iraida Bogdanova (1914-2004) (inscription on the reverse).

Literature

L. V. Shaposhnikova, The International Roerichs Centre. Catalogue, Moscow, 2009, listed p. 750, no. 76.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a study for Thoughts, 1946, held in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

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

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