MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019

25 November 2019

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Water Carrier

* 242. ROERICH, SVETOSLAV (1904–1993)

Water Carrier, signed and dated 1942.

Tempera on cardboard, 30.5 by 46 cm.
25,000–30,000 GBP


Provenance: A gift from the artist to Ruhaina Mohamedi Hydari, the daughter-in-law of the Dewan of Hyderabad Sir Akbar Hydari.
Private collection, India.

The present lot is a study for S. Roerich’s 1942 painting Procession, previously at the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York.


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