Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: The Battle of Kerzhenets
Details
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: The Battle of Kerzhenets
pencil, chalk and tempera, with gum arabic in places, on paper laid board
35⅛ x 27½ in. (89.5 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1913
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: The Battle of Kerzhenets
pencil, chalk and tempera, with gum arabic in places, on paper laid board
35⅛ x 27½ in. (89.5 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1913
Provenance
Nikolai Sergovskii (1863-1931), St Petersburg.
Acquired at the Malmö exhibition in 1914 by the grandfather of the present owner.
Acquired at the Malmö exhibition in 1914 by the grandfather of the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Baltiska Utställningen i Malmö [The Baltic Exhibition], Malmö, 1914, illustrated p. 192, listed p. [233], no. 3253.
‘Iskusstvo na baltiiskoi vystavke v Mal’mo [Art at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö]’, Rech’ [Discourse], 27 June/10 July 1914, N172, p. 2.
Iu. Baltrushaitis et al., Roerich, Petrograd, 1916, listed p. 223.
S. Ernst, N. K. Rerikh [Roerich], Petrograd, 1918, listed p. 124.
Exhibition catalogue, Utställning af Rysk Konst [Exhibition of Russian Art], Stockholm, 1919, listed p. 17, no. 58.
F. Grant et al., Roerich. Himalaya, New York, 1926, listed p. 193.
A. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich. His life and creations during the past forty years, 1889-1929, New York, 1931, listed p. 32.
N. Mikhailova (ed.), Rerikh. Listy dnevnika [Roerich. Pages from the diary], volume I, Moscow, 1995, entry for 25 December 1940.
T. Larkina, Velikaia simfoniia zhizhni. Katalog khudozhestvennykh proizvedenii N. K. Rerikha. Zhivopis’ i grafika [The great symphony of life. Catalogue of works by N. K. Roerich. Paintings and Graphic works], part III, 1912-1917, Moscow, 2023, listed p. 88.
‘Iskusstvo na baltiiskoi vystavke v Mal’mo [Art at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö]’, Rech’ [Discourse], 27 June/10 July 1914, N172, p. 2.
Iu. Baltrushaitis et al., Roerich, Petrograd, 1916, listed p. 223.
S. Ernst, N. K. Rerikh [Roerich], Petrograd, 1918, listed p. 124.
Exhibition catalogue, Utställning af Rysk Konst [Exhibition of Russian Art], Stockholm, 1919, listed p. 17, no. 58.
F. Grant et al., Roerich. Himalaya, New York, 1926, listed p. 193.
A. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich. His life and creations during the past forty years, 1889-1929, New York, 1931, listed p. 32.
N. Mikhailova (ed.), Rerikh. Listy dnevnika [Roerich. Pages from the diary], volume I, Moscow, 1995, entry for 25 December 1940.
T. Larkina, Velikaia simfoniia zhizhni. Katalog khudozhestvennykh proizvedenii N. K. Rerikha. Zhivopis’ i grafika [The great symphony of life. Catalogue of works by N. K. Roerich. Paintings and Graphic works], part III, 1912-1917, Moscow, 2023, listed p. 88.
Exhibition
Malmö, The Malmö Art Museum, Baltiska Utställningen i Malmö [The Baltic Exhibition], 15 May-4 October 1914, no. 3253.
Stockholm, Sveriges Allmnna Konstfrening [Swedish General Art Association], Utställning af Rysk Konst [Exhibition of Russian Art], 21 February-9 March 1919, no. 58.
Stockholm, Sveriges Allmnna Konstfrening [Swedish General Art Association], Utställning af Rysk Konst [Exhibition of Russian Art], 21 February-9 March 1919, no. 58.
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