Roadside Attractions: The Susann Craig Collection, Chicago, IL

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Lot 16

Lot 16

Lazarus Come Forth

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Estimate$5,000 – $7,000

Status

Closed

Sister Gertrude Morgan

(American, 1900-1980)

Lazarus Come Forth

mixed media on paper

signed Sister Gertrude Morgan (lower left) and titled (lower center)

13 1/4 x 26 1/4 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Exhibited:

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, WHAT IT IS: 20th Century Black Folk Art, January 15 - March 28, 1982, no. 145

Framed: 21 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches.

Surface dirt and dust; slight waving to sheet; some toning and age-related discoloration, primarily at edges; overall good and stable condition. Mounted verso.

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Zack Wirsum

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Ben Fisher

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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