Live Auction 5961Important Russian Art
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Lot 108 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ARIZONA COLLECTOR

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)

Tibetan Kharbu

Closed26 November 2012

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GBP 37,250

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Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Tibetan Kharbu
pencil, charcoal and tempera on paper, laid down on board
10 x 14¼ in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm.)

Collection of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1978.

Specialist note

The present landscape depicts Ladakh, or Little Tibet. The artist traversed Ladakh in 1925 while traveling from Kashmir to Leh.

We are grateful to Gvido Trepsa, Senior Researcher at the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.