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Heat of the Earth
Details
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh [Roerich] (1874-1947)
Heat of the Earth
numbered 'RM 57' (on the reverse)
tempera on panel
19 x 19¾ in. (48.3 x 50.2)
Painted in 1918
Heat of the Earth
numbered 'RM 57' (on the reverse)
tempera on panel
19 x 19¾ in. (48.3 x 50.2)
Painted in 1918
Provenance
Nicholas Roerich Paintings and Art Collections, Inc.
Literature
Archive, N.Roerich. List of Paintings 1917-1924, Nicholas Roerich Museum Archive, New York, no.13.
Exhibition catalogue, Nicholas Roerich, Salon Strindberg, Konstutställning No71, 1919, no. 121.
Exhibition catalogue, Spells of Russia, The Goupil Gallery, London, 1920, no.99
Exhibition catalogue, Spells of Russia, The Public Art Gallery, Worthing, 1920, no.50.
Catalogue, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company, New York, 1921, no. 57
Monograph, Paintings by Nicholas Roerich: Complete List of the Works of Nicholas Roerich, Brentano's Publishers, New York, 1926, p. 196.
Catalogue, Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th edition, New York, 1930, no. 57.
Catalogue, Roerich, Corona Mundi, New York, 1924, pl. 4, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, Nicholas Roerich, Salon Strindberg, Konstutställning No71, 1919, no. 121.
Exhibition catalogue, Spells of Russia, The Goupil Gallery, London, 1920, no.99
Exhibition catalogue, Spells of Russia, The Public Art Gallery, Worthing, 1920, no.50.
Catalogue, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company, New York, 1921, no. 57
Monograph, Paintings by Nicholas Roerich: Complete List of the Works of Nicholas Roerich, Brentano's Publishers, New York, 1926, p. 196.
Catalogue, Roerich Museum Catalogue, 8th edition, New York, 1930, no. 57.
Catalogue, Roerich, Corona Mundi, New York, 1924, pl. 4, illustrated
Exhibited
Helsinki, Salon Strindberg, Nicholas Roerich, 1919, no. 71
London, The Goupil Gallery, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 99
Worthing, The Public Art Gallery, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 50
London, The Goupil Gallery, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 99
Worthing, The Public Art Gallery, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 50
Further details
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.