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![NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH]
(1874-1947)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09760_0185_000(033840).jpg?w=1)
"Banners of the East": Nagarjuna, The Conqueror of the Serpent
Details
NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH]
(1874-1947)
"Banners of the East": Nagarjuna, The Conqueror of the Serpent
monogrammed and dated '25' (lower left)
tempera on canvas
29x46in. (73½x117cm.)
painted in 1925 in Kashmir, India
(1874-1947)
"Banners of the East": Nagarjuna, The Conqueror of the Serpent
monogrammed and dated '25' (lower left)
tempera on canvas
29x46in. (73½x117cm.)
painted in 1925 in Kashmir, India
Provenance
Roerich Museum, New York
Louis Horch
Baltzar E. Bolling
Then by direct descent
Louis Horch
Baltzar E. Bolling
Then by direct descent
Literature
N. Roerich and others, Roerich Himalaya, (New York, 1926) ill. p. 25
A. Yaremenko, N.K. Roerich, (New York, 1931) ill. p. 100
A. Yaremenko, N.K. Roerich, (New York, 1931) ill. p. 100
Exhibited
New York, Roerich Museum, (1930) n. 552 Grand Haven, Michigan, Grand Haven Community Center, Exhibit of Paintings by Nicholas Roerich, (1969)