Leaves and Shell

Provenance

With Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, Oct. 1960 [this and the following according to email from Peter Cohen, Jan. 25, 2019; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Perry (1917–1988) and Shirley E. Cohen (1922–2018), Highland Park, IL, 1960; to Shirley E. Cohen, 1988; by descent to Peter Cohen, Laura Cohen, and Luke Cohen, 2018; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

Leaves and Shell

Gertrude Abercrombie

1953

Accession Number

249688

Medium

Oil on hardboard

Dimensions

32.4 × 44.5 cm (12 13/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Classification

painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Peter J. Cohen, Laura Cohen, and Luke Cohen in memory of Shirley E. Cohen