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Lot 21
Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
The Door and the Rock
, 1971
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Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000
Price Realized
$150,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gertrude Abercrombie
(American, 1909-1977)
The Door and the Rock
, 1971
oil on masonite
signed Abercrombie and dated (lower right)
8 x 10 inches.

Provenance:
The Artist, until 1977
Orlando Murden
Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owners, June 22, 2016

Exhibited:
Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Gertrude Abercrombie, A Retrospective Exhibition, January 28 - March 5, 1977, no. 94
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. 479; 487, illus.
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