The painting " Madonna Laboris " ("Proceedings of the Mother of God ," 1933 . ) Nicholas Roerich sold in London at Bonhams auction for 7.88 million pounds , according to the auction house .
This is a world record for a painting by Russian artist , sold under the hammer . The buyer's name is not called.
The auction house Bonhams took the baton from Christie `s and Sotheby` s, opening on Monday, June 3rd week of Russian trading.
On the first day of the painting " Still Life with Fruit " painted by Russian artist Ilya Mashkov was sold at Christie's auction for U.S. $ 7,253,000 Another still life I.Mashkov , "Flowers", was previously sold at Sotheby's for $ 3.5 million
At the auction also includes works by Ivan Aivazovsky , Konstantin Korovin, Vasnetsov , Svetoslav Roerich and other well-known artists.
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