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Lot 9 Details
Modern Indian Art 5-6 December 2018
Sketch for Sons...
Pencil on paper
9.75 x 12.5 in
Winning bid $12,180 Rs 8,40,420 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 29 Details
Evening Sale | New Delhi, Live 20 September 2018
The Snow Maiden...
Oil and tempera on canvas
23.5 x 35.5 in
Lot 17 Details
Evening Sale | Live Auction, Mumbai 13 March 2018
Himalaya
Tempera on board
11.5 x 17.25 in
Lot 49 Details
Evening Sale | Live Auction, New Delhi 21 September 2017
Himalayas
Tempera on canvas
18.25 x 30.75 in
Winning bid $761,905 Rs 4,80,00,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Nicholas Roerich was born in St Petersburg in 1874. He was more than an artist – he was also a writer humanist and philosopher. Scandinavian by descent he received his training at the Academy of Art in St Petersburg. He went to Paris in 1900 but remained mostly in St Petersburg until 1916 when he
of learning European art in Indian art schools. He strongly favored Indian art that would spring from deep-seated national sentiment Nicholas Roerich observed the glorious development of Indian art and explained Abanindranath's importance in it as "A power beacon as a guru of an entire school
Himalayan Museum of Folk and Tribal Art International Roerich Memorial Trust named after Professor Nicholas Roerich runs Himalayan Museum of Folk ... The entire estate of Nicholas Roerich and his family situated at Naggar in district Kullu was donated to the newly founded Trust. Within two years,
on the hammer at Rs 56 lakh, setting a record for the artist. Another Ravi Varma canvas estimated at Rs 20-35 lakh, fetched Rs 36 lakh. A Nicholas Roerich also overshot its estimate and bagged Rs 15 lakh. Total sale proceeds from the auction were Rs 4 crore. Predictably, deputy chairman Patrick
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