3 min read · 20 Nov 2024
Silo at Aledo. Image courtesy of Bonhams
Gertrude Abercrombie, Silo at Aledo (1953) sold for $864,100, more than eight and a half times the low estimate at Bonhams in New York on November 20. The oil on canvas work has been traded once in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $394,200, a 83% rise.
The Magician, 1956. Image courtesy of Freeman's | Hindman
The previous record was set by The Magician, 1956 (1956), which sold for $469,900 at Freeman's | Hindman on September 25, 2024. The work had been traded twice in the past.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
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2024-11-20 | Silo at Aledo | $864,100 | 84 % | Bonhams | New York |
2024-09-25 | The Magician, 1956 | $469,900 | 25 % | Freeman's | Hindman |
2022-09-28 | Self and Cat (Possims) | $375,000 | 3 % | Freeman's | Hindman |
2021-05-19 | Giraffe | $365,400 | 145 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2018-11-18 | Night arrives | $149,000 | 187 % | Treadway Gallery | Cincinnati |
2016-09-10 | Landscape | $51,900 | 31 % | Treadway Toomey Galleries | Cincinnati |
2014-09-13 | The Owl Tamer | $39,600 | 27 % | Treadway Toomey Galleries | Cincinnati |
2013-12-07 | Untitled | $31,200 | - | Treadway Toomey Galleries | Cincinnati |