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Auction result
Beckoning
Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1909–1977) · 1948
$69,300 price realized incl. premium
≈ £52,004≈ €62,511
Hammer $55,000 · with buyer’s premium $69,300
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on Masonite”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 4⅜ h x 5½ w in (11 x 14 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Elevated: Art Via Chicago (auctions/2024/10/elevated-art-via-chicago)
- Date
- October 1, 2024
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 109
- Estimate
- $50,000 – — (≈ £37,521) (≈ €45,102)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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