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Lot Description

Gertrude Abercrombie

(American, 1909-1977)

Landscape with Church (Church with Small Figure), c. 1939-40

oil on canvas

signed Abercrombie (lower right)

19 1/4 x 26 1/4 inches.

Provenance:
The Artist
(Possibly) Peter Pollack, acquired from the artist, 1941
Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owners, September 21, 2012

Exhibited:
Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, 1941
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. 152; 481, illus.

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