ÉCOLE DE PARIS AND OTHER MASTERS
21 June 2023
* 27. ROERICH, SVETOSLAV (1904-1993)
Songs of India, signed and dated 1940, also further signed, titled and dated on the stretcher.
Tempera on canvas, 79.5 by 46 cm.
15,000-20,000 GBP
Provenance: A gift from the artist to Ruhaina Mohamedi Hydari, a daughter-in-law of the Dewan of Hyderabad Sir Akbar Hydari.
Private collection, UK.
Exhibited: Exhibition of the Paintings of Professors N. Roerich and S. Roerich, Art Department of the University of Punjab, Lahore, 16–28 December 1940.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of the Paintings of Professors N. Roerich and S. Roerich, Lahore, Art Department of the University of Punjab, 1940, p. 12, No. 37, listed.
Listing in the 1940 catalogue.
Notes on symbols:
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Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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