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Lot 16
Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
Owl and Tornado
, 1956
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$30,000 - 50,000
Price Realized
$187,500
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Lot Description
Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
Owl and Tornado
, 1956
oil on masonite
signed Abercrombie and dated (lower right); titled (verso)
8 x 10 inches.

Provenance:
Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owners, July 30, 2005

Exhibited:
Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst Art Museum, Gertrude Abercrombie: Portrait of the Artist as a Landscape, January 20 - March 4, 2018 (also travelled to Springfield, Illinois State Museum, March 23 - June 15, 2018)
New York, Karma, Gertrude Abercrombie, August 9 - September 23, 2018 (as Owl and a Tornado)

Literature:
Robert Storr, Susan Weininger, Robert Cozzolino, Dinah Livingston, Studs Terkel, Gertrude Abercrombie, New York, 2018, pp. 399; 485, illus. (as Owl and a Tornado)
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