Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
Untitled (Shell)
, 1957
Sale 1123 - Casting Spells: The Gertrude Abercrombie Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer
Sep 28, 2022
6:00PM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$20,000 -
30,000
Price Realized
$53,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
Untitled (Shell)
, 1957oil on masonite
signed Abercrombie and dated (lower left)
4 x 5 inches.
Provenance:
(Possibly) Old Town Art Gallery, Chicago, 1957 (as Shell or Shell on Beach)
Sold: Treadway/Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois, March 2, 2003, Lot 767
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
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
Literature:
Robert Storr, Susan Weininger, Robert Cozzolino, Dinah Livingston, Studs Terkel, Gertrude Abercrombie, New York, 2018, pp. 407; 485, illus.
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