Gertrude Abercrombie

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, installation view, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, January 18–June 1, 2025. Photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, installation view, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, January 18–June 1, 2025. Photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, installation view, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, January 18–June 1, 2025. Photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, installation view, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, January 18–June 1, 2025. Photo: Zachary Riggleman / Carnegie Museum of Art

"Pictures Girls Make": Portraitures, curated by Alison M. Gingeras, installation view, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, September 9–October 21, 2023, courtesy of Blum & Poe. Photo by Hannah Mjølsnes

Out in the Country, 1939, oil on canvas, 23 1⁄4 × 29 1⁄4 inches, 59 × 74.1 cm; 25 1⁄2 × 31 5⁄8 inches, 63.5 × 80.3 cm (framed). Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

The Whitney's Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965, installation view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019–2023

Winding Road, 1937, oil on board, 7 7⁄8 × 9 15⁄16 inches, 20 × 25.2 cm; 4 7⁄8 × 16 3⁄4 inches, 12.4 × 42.5 cm (framed)

Leaf with Pin and Ladybug, 1953, oil on masonite, 4 ¼ × 3 ⅛ inches, 10.7 × 7.9 cm; 8 ¼ × 7 inches, 20.9 × 17.7 cm (framed)

Little Silo, 1954, oil on masonite, 4 ½ × 3 ½ inches, 10.1 × 7.6 cm; 8 ¾ × 7 ½ inches, 22.2 × 17.7 cm (framed)

Doors, 4 and Cats, 1956, oil on masonite, 8 × 10 inches, 20.3 × 25.4 cm; 12 ⅝ × 14 11⁄16 inches, 32 × 37.3 cm (framed)

Fruit Compote, 1938, oil on board, 12 × 10 inches, 30.4 × 25.4 cm; 13 1⁄4 × 11 1⁄2 inches, 33.6 × 27.9 cm (framed)

Untitled, 1961, oil on masonite, 7 ½ × 9 ½ inches, 17.7 × 22.8 cm; 12 ¼ × 14 ¼ inches, 31.1 × 36.1 cm (framed)

Independent Art Fair, installation view, Karma, New York, 2019

Independent Art Fair, installation view, Karma, New York, 2019

The Door and the Rock, 1971. Oil on masonite, 7½ × 9½ in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm), 13⅝ × 15⅝ in. (34.62 × 39.70 cm) (framed)

Landscape with Church, 1939, oil on canvas, 19 1⁄4 × 26 1⁄4 inches, 48.8 × 66.6 cm; 24 × 31 inches, 60.9 × 78.7 cm (framed)

Figure in a Landscape, 1939, oil on masonite, 6 3⁄4 × 9 3⁄4 inches, 17.1 × 24.7 cm; 9 3⁄4 × 12 3⁄4 inches, 24.7 × 32.3 cm (framed)

Gertrude Abercrombie, installation view, Karma, New York, August 9–September 23, 2018

Gertrude Abercrombie, installation view, Karma, New York, August 9–September 23, 2018

Moored to the Moon, 1963, oil on board, 8 × 10 inches, 20.3 × 25.4 cm; 10¾ × 12¾ inches, 27.3 × 32.4 cm (framed)

Lady with Black Braid, 1960. Oil on masonite, 8 × 10 in. (20.32 × 25.4 cm), 16 3⁄4 × 18 3⁄4 in. (42.55 × 47.63 cm) (framed)

Untitled, 1959, oil on unstretched canvas mounted on paperboard, 9 × 12 3⁄4 inches, 22.86 × 32.38 cm; 11 1⁄2 × 15 1⁄4 inches, 29.21 × 38.73 cm (framed)

Four Doors, 1957. Oil on Masonite, 7¾ × 9⅞ in. (19.7 × 25.1 cm), 15 × 17 in. (38.10 × 43.18 cm) (framed)

Cat, 1956. Oil on board, 3⅝ × 5⅜ in. (9.22 × 13.67 cm), 8½ × 10⅜ in. (21.59 × 26.37 cm) (framed)

Leaf, Egg, Acorn and Marble, 1955. Oil on Masonite, 4 × 6¼ in. (10.16 × 15.88 cm), 9¼ × 11⅜ in. (23.50 × 28.91 cm) (framed)

Small Aledo House 1955, oil on board, 5 × 7 inches, 12.7 × 17.7 cm; 8 × 10 inches, 20.3 × 25.4 cm (framed)

Eggs and Carnation,1955, oil on canvas, 20 × 28 inches, 50.8 × 71.1 cm; 21 1⁄2 × 29 1⁄2 inches, 53.3 × 73.6 cm (framed)

The Pink Tent, 1954. Oil on masonite, 4½ × 6½ in. (11.43 × 16.51 cm), 8⅞ × 10⅞ in. (22.56 × 27.64 cm) (framed)

Shell and Drape, 1952. Oil on canvas, 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm), 29⅞ × 42⅛ in. (75.90 × 107.01 cm) (framed)

Compote, 1952. Oil on panel, 2 3⁄4 × 3 1⁄4 in. (6.99 × 8.26 cm), 13⅞ × 14⅜ in. (35.26 × 36.53 cm) (framed)

Chamber, 1952. Oil on Masonite, 5 × 6⅜ in. (12.7 × 16.21 cm), 9 × 10 in. (22.86 × 25.40 cm) (framed)

4 Ladies Switches #2, 1951, oil on masonite, 5 × 7 inches, 12.7 × 17.8 cm; 11¼ × 13¼ inches, 28.6 × 33.7 cm (framed)

Countess Nerona #3, 1951, oil on masonite, 4½ × 7 inches, 11.4 × 17.8 cm; 9 × 11½ inches, 22.9 × 29.2 cm (framed)

Encampment (White Mountain), 1948. Oil on masonite, 4 1⁄4 × 5 1⁄2 in. (10.8 × 14 cm), 10⅜ × 11⅝ in. (26.37 × 29.54 cm) (framed)

Figure Facing East, 1947. Oil on Masonite, 7⅞ × 10 in. (20.02 × 25.4 cm), 13¼ × 15½ in. (33.66 × 39.37 cm) (framed)

Green House and Fence, 1945, oil on masonite, 4 × 5 inches, 10.1 × 12.7 cm; 6 1⁄2 × 7 1⁄2 inches, 15.2 × 17.7 cm (framed)

The Visit, 1944, oil on canvas, 15 × 20 inches, 38.1 × 50.8 cm; 23 × 27.5 inches, 58.4 × 69.9 cm (framed)

Countess Nerona, 1942, oil on panel, 8 × 10 inches, 20.3 × 25.4 cm; 11 1⁄2 × 13 1⁄2 inches, 27.9 cm (framed)

Horse and Blue House, 1942, oil on masonite, 8 × 10 inches, 20.3 × 25.4 cm; 18 1⁄2 × 20 1⁄2 inches, 45.7 × 50.8 cm (framed). Collection of the Illinois State Museum, Gift of Marian and Leon Depres

Grapes, 1940, oil on panel, 8 1⁄4 × 10 inches, 20.9 × 25.4 cm; 11 1⁄2 × 13 1⁄2 inches, 27.9 × 33 cm (framed)

White Horse, 1939, oil on masonite, 3 3⁄8 × 2 1⁄2 inches, 22 × 20 cm; 8.63 × 8 inches, 21.91 × 20.32 cm (framed)

There on the Table, 1935, oil on masonite, 24 × 34 1⁄2 inches, 60.9 × 86.3 cm; 30 1⁄4 × 40 1⁄2 inches, 76.8 × 101.6 cm (framed). Collection of the Illinois State Museum, Gift of the Estate of Gertrude Abercrombie.

Untitled, n.d. Oil on masonite in sterling and copper brooch, 1½ × 1½ in. (3.81 × 3.81 cm), 13½ × 13⅜ in. (34.29 × 33.99 cm) (framed)

Untitled, n.d. Oil on masonite in sterling brooch, 1½ × 1½ in. (3.81 × 3.81 cm), 12 × 12 in. (30.48 × 30.48 cm) (framed)