NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)

'Knight of the Morning' with sketch on the reverse for the painting 'Fairest City is the Enemie's Vexation'

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NIKOLAI KONSTANTINOVICH RERIKH [ROERICH] (1874-1947)
'Knight of the Morning' with sketch on the reverse for the painting 'Fairest City is the Enemie's Vexation'
signed with monogram (lower right)
the obverse, tempera on board, the reverse pencil and ink
29x28¾in. (73.4x73cm.)
Painted in Finland in 1918

Literature

New York, Roerich Museum, (1930) n. 28

Lot Essay

Knight of the Morning is for the series 'Eternal Knight' and was painted in 1918 in Finland.
The painting 'Fairest City is the Enemie's Vexation' the sketch which appears at the back of the painting was done in 1912. The original painting (its whereabouts unknown today) used to be in the private collection of Helena Roerich. We are grateful to Daniel Entin, director of the Roerich Museum in New York and Gvido Trepsa for providing information on this lot.

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