Gertrude Abercrombie painting sells for record $1.35 million after being bought at estate sale for $30
A painting by Gertrude Abercrombie, originally bought for $30 at a Michigan estate sale, sold at a New York auction for over $1 million. This marks the first time a work by the Chicago artist has reached this price point.
A painting by Gertrude Abercrombie purchased for $30 at a Michigan estate sale sold Thursday at a New York art auction for $1,060,000 ($1,352,600 including the buyer’s premium), making it the first-ever work by the individualist Chicago painter to cross the $1 million threshold.Paintings by Abercrombie, who died at age 68 in 1977, could still be found at thrift stores until the early 2000s. But the market for her art has soared since, with buyers increasingly taken with her spare, introspective…
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