6 June 2018 Russian Art Auctions

6 June 2018

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A Woman from the East

* 184. ROERICH, SVETOSLAV (1904-1993)

A Woman from the East .

Pencil and tempera on paper, laid on cardboard, 60.5 by 27 cm.
4,000-6,000 GBP


Executed in the 1920s.

Provenance: Estate of Louis and Nettie Horch, New York.
Acquired from the above by Shizuye Takashima, a Canadian painter and writer, c. 1975.
Bequest from the above to the present owner.
Private collection, Canada.


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