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Gertrude Abercrombie : the whole world is a mystery /

"This book is the definitive scholarly volume on Chicago artist Gertrude Abercrombie, who was a critical figure in the midcentury Chicago art and jazz scenes. Abercrombie was a creative force of singular vision who, from the 1930s until her death in 1977, produced enigmatic paintings full of pe...

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Main Authors: Crosby, Eric, 1980- (Author, Curator, writer of foreword.), Humphreville, Sarah (Author, Curator), Cassidy, Donna (Author), Anania, Katie (Author), Corbett, John, 1963- (Author), Stucki, Cynthia (Author)
Other Authors: Terrassa, Jacqueline (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Waterville, Maine : New York : Carnegie Museum of Art ; Colby College Museum of Art ; Delmonico Books, [2025]
Subjects:
Abercrombie, Gertrude, > 1909-1977 > Exhibitions.
Abercrombie, Gertrude, > 1909-1977 > Criticism and interpretation.
Abercrombie, Gertrude, > 1909-1977 > Themes, motives.
Surrealism > United States > Exhibitions.
Painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Women artists > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Surrealism > United States.
Women artists > Exhibitions.
Femmes artistes > Expositions.
Surréalisme > États-Unis.
Surréalisme > États-Unis > Expositions.
Peinture américaine > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Femmes artistes > Illinois > Chicago > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Abercrombie, Gertrude, > 1909-1977
Surrealism
Women artists
United States
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Eric Crosby and Jacqueline Terrassa ; Acknowledgments
  • Pictures of her / Eric Crosby
  • Archive
  • Simple things, a little strange / Sarah Humphreville
  • Studs Terkel Interviews Gertrude Abercrombie
  • Bop art: song paintings, fantasies, and flatter fifths / Donna M. Cassidy
  • The queerest things in Chicago: Abercrombie's fey and feral network / Katie Anania
  • Seven miniatures for Gertrude Abercrombie / John Corbett
  • Artworks
  • Chronology / Cynthia Stucki.