Live Auction 1161Important Russian Art
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Lot 106

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)

Buddha

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 43,750

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Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Buddha
signed with artist's monogram (lower right); faintly numbered 'II 76 III' (on the reverse)
tempera on card
6 x 12 in. (15.2 x 30 cm.)

Yuri Roerich (1902-1960).
A gift from the above to Iraida Bogdanova (1914-2004) (inscription on the reverse).

Specialist note

The present work is a study for Thoughts, 1946, held in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

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