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Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich

Main name
Тибетский этюд
Author name
Tibetan Sketch
1934
watercolor and pencil on paper
29,5×38 cm
25913 КП
5577 II
Location of the works
The State Museum of Oriental Art

The sacred mountain of Lahul – Gepang was called the Mount “M” by the Roerichs, reminding them of their beloved Teacher.

“The Himalayas! To the north of us, here are two peaks of Gepang 23,000 feet high, so similar in shape to Belukha. Every day, they show you a new lighting, a new sky”.

(N.K. Roerich. The Himalayas. Pages from my Diary. Vol. 3)