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Russian church in Suzdal, near Moscow. Oil/cardboard. Signed lower left in Cyrillic and on reverse, inscribed in Cyrillic “Suzdal” on reverse. [1903]. 14 x
10". Listed as “Suzdal. White Church” in Roerich N.K. Text by S. Ernst. St-Petersburg, St. Eugeni, 1918, p.113.
Authenticity confirmed by New York
Roerich Museum (Director of Museum Mr. Daniel Entin e-mail of 07.12.2004).
Exhibited: “Monuments of Ancient Art,” Society of Art Encouragement,
Petersburg, January 1904. Similar view is in State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow and is published in “Moscow 1900-1930”,
Text by S. Fauchereau, Rizzoli New
York, p14, ill #9 [ One of 75 studyes of Russian churches, which Roerich has done during his travel in Russian ancient towns in summer 1903.All of them had been exhibited in January 1904 in Society of Art Encouragement,Petersburg (exhibition “Monuments of Ancient Art”) and partly later same year
in USA, where they have been sold from the auction.Part of them was later(1974) returned in Russia as a gift by K. Campbell- |
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Stibbe, then honorable president of Roerich Museum New York
– see Roerich in Peterburg – Petrograd by L. Korotkina, Lenizdat 1985, pp 118-119.]. The slide shows of about 50 of these works are now available on Roerich Museum (NY) website. In original Victorian painted and parcel gilt altar-piece frame with a head of a saint at the cresting and phoenixes at the sides (provenance for the frame: sale
6.18.03, Doyle NY, lot 428.) |
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" And we do not fear…" Oil on canvas, signed with monogram low left, 14x22 inches [1922]. Has a number code HAC92372 on the reverse. Original study or a smaller copy of the larger painting from “Sancta” 1922 series. Provenance: from the estate of Dimitri Tiomkin (1899-1979), Hollywood composer of Russian origin, who wrote music for “Lost Horizon” 1937movie on Roerich Shangri-La motives. By the information of previous owner Dimitri Tiomkin bought the painting at the auction in 1930th. COA of 1992 by John Le Touzel enclosed. (“On March 24, 1924, the Roerich Museum opened to the public. Among the works on display...was the Sancta series. The title of each painting in the series begins with
the words And We suggesting not only that the works are connected, but that taken in sequence, they tell a story: And We Are Opening the Gates, And We Do Not Fear, And We are Trying, And We Continue Fishing, And We are Bringing The Light, And We See... The Sancta series relates a
spiritual journey. The Travelers on this journey are monks garbed in long, hooded black robes,their faces indistinct. The setting of all the works is Russia... |
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"And We Do Not Fear” depicts a wintry landscape; snow
blankets the hills, the rocks, and a northern Russian wooden church in
the distance. Two monks stand in the foreground; approaching them is a
large brown bear. The painting would resemble a contemplative, Kuindji-
esque winter landscape, where a helmet-shaped mountain looms large. The top of the mountain is lavender, suggesting the reflection of the rising or setting sun on the snow. The lower part of the mountain is in
shadow and the shapes formed by these shadows are ominous, as if cast by an approaching but unseen evil enemy. The monks, however, show not the least apprehension. The power of the spirit, Roerich seems to be saying, will prevail over the forces of darkness in the end..." J. Decter, Nicholas Roerich, (London, 1989) p. 123). In original hand carved and gilt
American arts and crafts contemporary frame. |
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Mountain Lake. Pastel on paper.
Signed low right. c 1915 |
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Shadow of the Teacher. Charcoal, chalk and watercolor on paper laid on cardboard, initialed l.r. in Cyrillic, 6 ¼ x 9 7/8 inch. . Bears numbers 47 (33) and half-destroyed exhibition label on the back. This is a study for bigger painting “His Shadow”, 1932, 74,5x117,5, tempera, canvas, Russia, Moscow, Tretiakov Gallery, #518. Provenance: Roerich New York Museum (according to RM inventory list, it was”Sold to Mrs. K.S.C.
Dec 15, 1933 $100”.); Sotheby, New York, Sale European &
American Paintings, October 7, 2003, lot 266 (illustrated). In original American, 20th Century, Arts & Crafts hand carved and gilded, Taos-style frame with swastikas at the corners, by Frederick Loeser |
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Pines in Karelia. Oil on paper, signed low right in Cyrillic and dated 1907, 16x12 inches. Provenance: Collection Armand Daillot, Paris ( bears stamp on reverse), Etude Boisgirard Provence, Cote D’Azur Peinture Russe sale 20.7. 2004 Nice lot 58. Listed as “Pines” pp 90, 118 in “Roerich N.K.” Text by S. Ernst. St-Petersburg, St. Eugeni,
1918, p.113 Exhibited: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, February-June 2008, Moscow - Exhibition Center "Tsaritsyno", June-July 2008, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated in the catalog p. 121 ill 77
[“Karelia, with its unique nature and individual pictiresqueness, attracted Roerich. He saw something primitive and severe in its cliffs and pine forests, and that made the artist use simple and modest artistic techniques. This landscape dates back to the “boundary” period of Roerich’s life, when he trued to find his own unique style, developing from his teacher Arkhip Kuindzhi’s manner. He spent the summer of 1907 in Finland with his family. There he made not only symbolic compositions, bur sketches as well. In this picture, the composition and painting techniques of which are in naturalistic style, Roerich seems more to fix the visible qualities of nature, rather then trying to create some specific artistic effect.”]
In original Dutch XVII century ebonized hand carved ripple
moulding frame [provenance for the frame: Bonhams London sale 9
Dec 2009 lot 221]
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