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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 25, 2019 | Christie's | London | Important Russian Art | 34 | $****** - ****** | The Call of the Sun |
paintings
116.9 x 151.5 cm (46.02 x 59.65 in)
oil and tempera on canvas
signed with monogram and dated '1919' (lower left)
Roerich Museum, New York (labels on the reverse), 1923-1935.
Louis (1888-1979) and Nettie Horch (1897-1991), New York, 1935-1971.
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts.
ACA Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late husband of the present owner.
London, The Goupil Gallery, Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, April-July 1920, no. 60.
Worthing, The Public Art Gallery, Nicholas Roerich. Spells of Russia, July–August 1920, no.110.
New York, Kingor Galleries, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition, 1920-1922, no. 8 (labels on the stretcher and the frame); travelling exhibition, visiting 20 American cities, including Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Minnesota State Fair.
Exhibition catalogue, Nicholas Roerich, Spells of Russia, London, 1920, listed p. 7, no. 60.
Exhibition catalogue, Nicholas Roerich, The Spells of Russia, Worthing, 1920, no. 110.
N. Jarintzov, 'Nicholas K. Roerich', The Studio, 1920, illustrated p. 5.
C. Brinton, The Nicholas Roerich Exhibition Catalogue, New York, 1920, listed p. [27], no. 8.
B. Hendricks, 'Famous Russian's strange paintings draw comments that clash at the art institute', The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, 10 June 1922.
F. Grant (et al.), Roerich. Himalaya. A Monograph, New York, 1926, listed p. 197.
Roerich Museum Catalogue, Eighth Edition, New York, 1930, listed p. 11, no. 8, incorrectly listed under 1918.
A. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich. His life and creations during the past forty years 1889-1929, New York, 1931, listed p. 36.
V. Kemenov, S. Roerich, N. Sokolova (et al.), N. K. Rerikh: Zhizn' i tvorchestvo. Sbornik statei. [Life and work. Collection of articles], Moscow, 1978, listed p. 280.
E. Matochkin (ed.), Nicholas Roerich, Samara, 2008, illustrated p. 55, listed pp. 662, 663, no. 57.
signed with monogram and dated '1919' (lower left)
oil and tempera on canvas
46 x 59 5/8 in. (116.9 x 151.5 cm.)
