Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1909-1977) Untitled (Shell), 1957 oil on masonite signed Abercrombie and dated (lower left) 4 x 5 inches. Provenance: (Possibly) Old Town Art Gallery, Chicago, 1957 (as Shell or Shell on Beach) Sold: Treadway/Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois, March 2, 2003, Lot 767 Acquired at the above sale by the present owners Exhibited: Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst Art Museum, Gertrude Abercrombie: Portrait of the Artist as a Landscape, January 20 - March 4, 2018 (also travelled to Springfield, Illinois State Museum, March 23 - June 15, 2018) New York, Karma, Gertrude Abercrombie, August 9 - September 23, 2018 Literature: Robert Storr, Susan Weininger, Robert Cozzolino, Dinah Livingston, Studs Terkel, Gertrude Abercrombie, New York, 2018, pp. 407; 485, illus.