Hindman to Present a New York Preview of Casting Spells: The Gertrude Abercrombie Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer
An Exhibition of the Most Significant Selection of Gertrude Abercrombie Works to Ever Come to Market
From September 8 to 10, Hindman is pleased to present a preview of Casting Spells: The Gertrude Abercrombie Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer, a single-owner auction. From the preeminent collectors of the artist’s work, the Maurer collection of 21 magical and mysterious career-spanning works provides bidders with the ultimate opportunity to compete on the widest offering of works and some of the physically largest paintings by the “Queen of the Bohemians.”
Exhibition Dates & Times:
Thursday, September 8 – Friday, September 9, 11:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, September 10, 11:00am-2:00pm
Location:
Sterling | Boos
980 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10075
Joe Stanfield, Hindman’s Vice President and Senior Specialist of Fine Art, and Zack Wirsum, Hindman’s Director and Senior Specialist for Post War & Contemporary Art will be on-site to provide additional insight on the collection.
Hindman is pleased to also be sponsoring The Armory Show. Special programming for the Abercrombie Collection will be available via the Armory’s VIP portal.
Auction Date: September 28 | Please visit Hindman’s Digital Bid Room to register to bid.
Lot 14 | Gertrude Abercrombie. Self and Cat (Possims). Estimate: $300,000-500,000
This alluring offering captures a wide swath of Abercrombie’s oeuvre from the late 1930s to the 1970s, featuring seminal works ranging from her spellbinding self-portraiture to her transcendental landscapes, and from her iconic doors to her beloved cats. Highlighting the selection is a self-portrait from 1953 titled Self and Cat (Possims) (estimate: $300,000-500,000), an Abercrombie masterpiece that depicts a mystical Abercrombie alongside her favorite witch’s familiar Possim.
Lot 8 | Gertrude Abercrombie. Blue Screen, 1945. Estimate: $50,000 – $70,000
Featured Image: Lot 13 | Gertrude Abercrombie. Eggs and Carnation, 1955. Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000