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Lot Description

Gertrude Abercrombie

(American, 1909-1977)

Night Owl

, 1947

oil on masonite

signed Abercrombie and dated (lower left)

4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches.

Provenance:
The Artist
Margot Andreas, Chicago, gift of the Artist
Thence by descent
Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, May 13, 2013, Lot 1068
Private Collection
Sold: Wright Auction, Chicago, February 25, 2016, Lot 269
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners

Exhibited:
New York, Associated American Artists Galleries (partial label verso)
California, Associated American Artists Galleries
Chicago, Stevens-Gross Galleries, Gertrude Abercrombie: Paintings, March 7 - April 4, 1952
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. 261; 483, illus.

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