Gertrude Abercrombie: career timeline
American · 1909–1977 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 51 of 55 lots (93% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | 6 | $51.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 13 | 13 | $30kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 20 | 20 | $137kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 12 | 11 | $107kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $51.7kSign up
- Average
- $77.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 9.5 in (22 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Woodcut / linocut (1), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (2)
1934 Stairway$166kSign up
1936 Cat and I$28.2kSign up
1938 Self-Portrait$57.1kSign up
c. 1938 Still-Life and Landscape$46.3kSign up
1939 Broken Tree$121kSign up
1939 Self-Portrait$43.8kSign up
1940s 13 works
- Sold
- 13 of 13
- Median
- $30kSign up
- Average
- $136kSign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 5.5 in (11 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (13)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1940 Cat and Ball$101kSign up
1945 Green House$120kSign up
1945 Owl About to Climb a Ladder$22.8kSign up
1945 Green House and Fence$30kSign up
1947 Owl Trainer No. 2$826kSign up
1947 Untitled$12.5kSign up
1947 Untitled (Landscape with Ladder, Cloud and Mushroom)$17.5kSign up
1947 Owl and Moon$5.6kSign up
1947 Wishing Well$7.7kSign up
1948 Beckoning$69.3kSign up
1948 Untitled (Woman and Tree)$30kSign up
1949 Still Life and Owl$202kSign up
Show 1 more (1940s)
1949 Dizzy Gillespie$328kSign up
1950s 20 works
- Sold
- 20 of 20
- Median
- $137kSign up
- Average
- $149kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 5.5 in (13 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (18), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (2), Flowers & still life (1)
c. 1950 untitled (Still Life with Compote and Gloves)$8.1kSign up
1951 Girl with Balloon$88.2kSign up
1952 Man in Top Hat (Bearded Man)$58kSign up
1952 Shell$63.5kSign up
1952 Shell$13kSign up
1954 Chick in Egg Cup (Which Came First: Chick and Egg Shell)$178kSign up
1954 Sunset$164kSign up
1954 Leaf, Ribbon, Domino, Dice, Shell, Pieces of Eight, 1954$185kSign up
1954 Old Phonograph, 1954$209kSign up
1954 Untitled$46.3kSign up
1955 Small Phonograph$286kSign up
1955 Leaf, Egg, Acorn and Marble$87.5kSign up
Show 8 more (1950s)
1956 Little Owl and Moon$256kSign up
1956 Blue Shell$191kSign up
1956 Snail Shell with Flags$27.7kSign up
1957 Shell$110kSign up
1957 Doors with Cat and Shell$210kSign up
1958 Self Imprisonment$356kSign up
1958 Floating Lady$356kSign up
1958 Snail$87.5kSign up
1960s 12 works
- Sold
- 11 of 12
- Median
- $107kSign up
- Average
- $122kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 7 in (15 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (11), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2), Figures & portraits (1)
1961 Chicken with Eggs$222kSign up
1962 Self Imprisonment$267kSign up
1963 Owl with Eggs$229kSign up
1963 Lonely Table$126kSign up
1963 White Cat$75.6kSign up
1963 Untitled (Chick Emerging from an Egg)$107kSign up
1964 Untitled (Owl and Moon)$33.3kSign up
1964 Keyhole and Eye$152kSign up
1964 Walls$15kSign up
1966 Little Shell (Snail Shell)$47.9kSign up
1967 Snail WomanResult not published
1969 Wall with Moon (Doorway)$63kSign up
Creation date not recorded
4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $35.3kSign up
- Average
- $31.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Other (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2021 Four Doors$35.3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$37.8kSign up
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published
sold 2025 Portrait of Cati Mount$21.6kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Gertrude Abercrombie auction results →