Lot Essay
We are grateful to Gvido Trepša, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance with cataloguing this work.
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Tibetan Lama
Details
NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Tibetan Lama
inscribed and dated 'Lama 1927'; numbered 'N9' and '667' (on the reverse)
tempera on panel
14 3⁄4 x 16 in. (37.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Tibetan Lama
inscribed and dated 'Lama 1927'; numbered 'N9' and '667' (on the reverse)
tempera on panel
14 3⁄4 x 16 in. (37.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Roerich Museum, New York, 1927-1935.
Mr & Mrs Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, from 1935.
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in California, circa 1939.
Mr & Mrs Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, from 1935.
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in California, circa 1939.
Literature
Roerich Museum Catalogue, Eighth Edition, New York, 1930, listed p. 28, no. 667 (label on the reverse).
A. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich: His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years, New York, 1931, listed p. 40, pl. 113.
D. Burliuk, Russkie khudozhniki v Amerike (Russian artists in America), New York, 1928, illustrated p. 8.
A. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich: His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years, New York, 1931, listed p. 40, pl. 113.
D. Burliuk, Russkie khudozhniki v Amerike (Russian artists in America), New York, 1928, illustrated p. 8.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art
We are grateful to Gvido Trepša, Director of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance with cataloguing this work.