Antique Art & Weaponry, September 30th, 2023
Lot 261:
Very fine oil on masonite surreal image painting " Music Box, Flower, Key" by well known American artist Gertrude Abercrombie ( (1909-1977). Signed and dated 51 left low corner. On verso still part of Associated American Artists Gallery label. Gertrude Abercrombie (1909 – 1977) was active/lived in Illinois, Wisconsin / Germany. Gertrude Abercrombie is known for Surreal imagery, gloves, grapes, hats, block printing.Notable collections Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois , Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois , Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Western Illinois University, Macomb, IllinoisNotable awards & ExhibitonsPrize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1936;1938, Art Institute of Chicago.Featured prominently in the exhibition "In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012.Size: 18 1/4" x 16 1/2" framed, 13 1/4" x 11 3/8" unframed. ~~.Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]
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