Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1909-1977) Eggs and Carnation, 1955 oil on canvas signed Abercrombie and dated (lower right) 20 x 28 inches. Provenance: The Artist James Lichon, Chicago, acquired from the Artist Thence by descent through the family Sold: Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois, September 10, 2016, Lot 398 Acquired at the above sale by the present owners Exhibited: Chicago, Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, October 4 - 31, 1960, no. 5 Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Gertrude Abercrombie, A Retrospective Exhibition, January 28 - March 5, 1977, cat. no. 71 (with transposed dimensions 28 x 20 inches.) Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst Art Museum, Gertrude Abercrombie: Portrait of the Artist as a Landscape, January 20 - March 4, 2018 (also traveled 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. 389; 485, illus. Hilton Als, Helen Molesworth, David Rimanelli, (Nothing but) Flowers, New York, 2022, p. 43, illus.