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Lot No. 10

NICHOLAS ROERICH

1874-1947
AUTUMN IN KULUTA
4.5 x 7.5 in (11.4 x 19 cm)
Dry tempera & gouache on paper pasted on board
Circa 1925
Signed: Verso
` 15,00,000 - 25,00,000 | $ 18,750 - 31,250
Provenance: Property from a collection based
in Mumbai

This lot is a National Art Treasure - Non Exportable
Item (payment only in Indian Rupees)

One of India’s ‘navratna’ or the nine gems, Nicholas
Roerich was pre-eminently a symbolic painter, one
whose hues of sapphire and clandestine clouds
of white will forever be etched as magnificent
representations of the Himalayan range. His colour
compositions, and vivid imagery were all derivatives
of a mind that perceived much more than what
meets the eye. Fondly remembered as ‘Master of
Mountains’ and the ‘Apostle of Culture and Peace’,
Nicholas Roerich undeniably possessed a repository
of artistic splendour.