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Kanchenjunga. from the Himalayan series
Details
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (1874-1947)
Kanchenjunga. from the Himalayan series
signed with artist's monogram (lower left)
Tempera on canvas laid on board
11¾ x 15¾ in. (29.5 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Kanchenjunga. from the Himalayan series
signed with artist's monogram (lower left)
Tempera on canvas laid on board
11¾ x 15¾ in. (29.5 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Provenance
Roerich Museum Collection, 1924-1935.
Louis Horch Collection, New York, circa 1935.
Charlie Posusta Collection, New York.
Purchased from above by present owner, circa 1982.
Louis Horch Collection, New York, circa 1935.
Charlie Posusta Collection, New York.
Purchased from above by present owner, circa 1982.
Literature
Nicholas Roerich, List of Paintings 1917-1924. MS, Nicholas Roerich Museum archive, No. 73.
Roerich. Himalaya. Articles by F.Grant and others. New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1926, p. 200.
Roerich Museum Catalogue. 8th ed. New York: Roerich Museum, 1930., No. 525.
Roerich. Himalaya. Articles by F.Grant and others. New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1926, p. 200.
Roerich Museum Catalogue. 8th ed. New York: Roerich Museum, 1930., No. 525.
Further details
The present painting is from the Himalayan series, and is one of the numerous views of Kanchenjunga. Roerich painted the famous mountain about a dozen times in the year 1924 alone, and continued to come back to this subject many times during his life. Each view of Kanchenjunga is distinctly different and unique. Roerich arrived in India at the end of 1923 and spent most of 1924 in Darjeeling, traveling extensively in the vicinity and in neighboring Sikkim. From now on mountains became the central theme in his creative work; however, the mountain scenes from 1924 (about eighty all in all) are easily distinguished by their vigor, freshness, and spontaneity.
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsha of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
We would like to thank Gvido Trepsha of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.