Gertrude Abercrombie and Bridget Riley triumphed in back-to-back Hindman sales

Left, Gertrude Abercrombie, ‘Four Trees and Three Owls,’ $352,800; Right, Bridget Riley, ‘Green Dominance, Blue Dominance, Red Dominance,’ $88,200. Images courtesy of Hindman
Left, Gertrude Abercrombie, ‘Four Trees and Three Owls,’ $352,800; Right, Bridget Riley, ‘Green Dominance, Blue Dominance, Red Dominance,’ $88,200. Images courtesy of Hindman

CHICAGO – Bridget Riley, Gertrude Abercrombie, and Howardena Pindell led Hindman’s Post War & Contemporary Art and Prints & Multiples auctions in April. With several new records set across both sales, there was particularly strong bidding activity for works by post-war women artists. Abstract, minimalist and pop art by masters such as Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly and Roy Lichtenstein also saw passionate bidding.

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