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Lot 76A:
Very fine oil on masonite surreal image painting " Woman lying on couch" by well known American artist Gertrude Abercrombie ( (1909-1977). Signed and dated left low corner. On verso still part of Turner Art Gallery label. Image is 7" x 9", frame is 12" x 14".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.
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