SISTER GERTRUDE MORGAN (1900-1980)

Lot 76
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Lot 76 | SISTER GERTRUDE MORGAN (1900-1980)
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$ 3 000 – 5 000
Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980)

Black Angel Known As Gertrude Morgan

acrylic, ink and crayon on repurposed Miss Cavalvade advertisement

9 1⁄2 x 7 in.







Provenance

E. Lorenz Borenstein Gallery, New Orleans

Acquired from the above, 1969





Literature

Henry J. Seldis and Jehanne Teilhet, Dimensions of Black (La Jolla Museum of Art, San Diego, 1970), p. 147.

Louisiana Folk Paintings (American Folk Art Museum, 1973), cat. no. 138.





Exhibited

San Diego, La Jolla Museum of Art, Dimensions of Black, 14 February- 29 March 1970.

New York, American Folk Art Museum, Louisiana Folk Paintings, 17 September- 4 November 1973.

New Orleans Museum of Art, Sister Gertrude Morgan, 6 February- 10 April 1988.

New Orleans Museum of Art, Of Vision and Visage: Portraits on Paper, 2000.

Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, What a Wonderful World, 4 October- 14 December 2003.
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