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Property from a Private Collection, Chicago

Gertrude Abercrombie

Snail

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago

Gertrude Abercrombie

1909 - 1977


Snail

signed Abercrombie and dated ‘67 (lower left)

oil on Masonite

4 by 6 in. 

10.1 by 15.2 cm.

Executed in 1967.


We are grateful for the research conducted by Susan Weininger, Professor Emerita, Roosevelt University. 

Benjamin Galleries, Chicago

Elizabeth and Herman Ries, Chicago (acquired by 1977)

Robert Adams Fine Art, Chicago

Acquired from the above in 2001 by the present owner

Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Gertrude Abercrombie: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1977, no. 89, n.p.