Property of a Lady, Chicago
Gertrude Abercrombie
Message for Mercy
Auction Closed
November 21, 09:32 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Lady, Chicago
Gertrude Abercrombie
1909 - 1977
Message for Mercy
signed Abercrombie and dated '50 (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 ⅛ by 24 ⅛ in.
46 by 61.3 cm.
Executed in 1950.
We are grateful for the research conducted by Susan Weininger, Professor Emerita, Roosevelt University.
Newman Brown Gallery, Chicago (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1952)
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired by descent from the above in 1991)
Acquired by descent from the above in 2018 to the present owner
Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Art, Contemporary American Painting, 1951, pl. 57, illustrated
Chicago, Newman Brown Gallery, Gertrude Abercrombie, 1952
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