Painting
Abercrombie Painting Sets $1.3 Million Auction Record
Bought for $30 at a Michigan estate sale, Gertrude Abercrombie’s 1951 painting Alderman Merriam’s Shells sold for $1.3 million on October 1.
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Art History & Movements
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Artists
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Exhibitions & Biennials
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- Gaia Alari’s Frame-by-Frame Animations on View
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Museums & Collecting
34
- Lucas Museum Gives Murals a Major Gallery Role
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Artist Profiles
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- Viktor Elkonin: Soviet Painter and Muralist
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- Andrej Barov: German Photographer and Brain Art Pioneer
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