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NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)

Lot 708
20.09.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027218
Lot 708 | NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)

Blue Morning

signed with artist's monogram (lower right)

oil and pencil on canvas laid on panel

12 x 15 5/8 in. (30.5 x 39.7 cm.)

Painted in 1917





Provenance

Roerich Museum, New York, 1923-1935

Mr & Mrs Louis and Nettie Horch, New York, from 1935

Ellen Messer Seabrook (1903-1992), New York

Thence by descent

Christie's, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

Nicholas Roerich, exhibition catalogue, Helsinki, 1919, p. 8, probably no. 122 as Blå morgon (Skiss) (listed)

Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, exhibition catalogue, London, 1920, p. 9, no. 87 (listed)

Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, Worthing, 1920, p. 11, no. 179 (listed)

C. Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition Catalogue, 1920, p. [28], no. 16 (listed)

Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, San Francisco, 1921, p. 10, no. 16 (listed)

Roerich Museum Catalogue, First Edition, New York, 1923, p. [2], no 16 (listed)

Roerich Museum Catalogue, Second-Fourth Editions, New York, 1924-1926, p. [3], no 16 (listed)

F. Grant et al., Roerich, Himalaya, A Monograph, New York, 1926, p. 196 (listed)

Roerich Museum Catalogue, Fifth-Eighth Editions, New York, 1929-1930, p. 11, no. 16 (listed)

V. Kemenov, S. Roerich, N. Sokolova et al., N.K. Rerikh, Zhizn' i tvorchestvo. Sbornik statei [Life and work. Collection of articles], Moscow, 1978, p. 276 (listed)



Exhibited

Helsinki, Salon Strindberg, Konstutställning, Nicholas Roerich, 29 March-? 1919, probably no. 122

London, The Goupil Gallery, Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 87

Worthing, The Public Art Gallery, Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, 1920, no. 179

New York, Kingor Galleries; Boston, Boston Art Club; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery; Chicago, Art Institute; St Louis, City Art Museum; San Francisco, Museum of Art; Omaha, Fine Arts Society; Kansas, City Art Institute; Cleveland, Museum of Art; Indianapolis, Herron Art Institute; Minnesota State Fair; Milwaukee, Art Institute; Detroit, Institute of Art, and more cities, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, 1920-1923, no. 16
Artist:Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (1874 - 1947)
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
Auction house category:Paintings
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