Leaves and Shell

Arts of the Americas

1953

Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1909–1977)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Gertrude Abercrombie
Title: Leaves and Shell
Place: Chicago (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1953
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower left: Abercrombie ‘53
Dimensions: 32.4 ✕ 44.5 cm (12 3/4 ✕ 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter J. Cohen, Laura Cohen, and Luke Cohen in memory of Shirley E. Cohen
Reference Number: 2019.715

Chicago, Devorah Sherman Gallery, Gertrude Abercrombie, Oct. 4–31, 1960, cat. 8.

With Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, by Oct. 1960; sold to Perry (1917–1988) and Shirley E. Cohen (1922–2018), Highland Park, IL, 1960; bequeathed to Peter Cohen, Laura Cohen, and Luke Cohen, 2018; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

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