Elevated: Art Via Chicago, 23 February 2024 < Auctions | Wright: Auctions of Art and Design

Wright and Toomey & Co. are pleased to present the inaugural Elevated: Art Via Chicago at auction on February 23rd. This special category features 20th century art from important Chicago collections with an emphasis on artists and movements that have shaped the Chicago art world over the last 100 years, such as the Chicago Imagists, Hairy Who?, Monster Roster, and Chicago Modernists. The sale includes highlights by Gertrude Abercrombie, Ed Paschke, Robert Lostutter, Margo Hoff, and Richard Hunt, among others, and will become a regular fixture in our auction calendar.

Auction / Chicago
23 February 2024
11 am central

Preview / Chicago
16 – 23 February 2024
10 am – 4 pm, Monday – Friday
or by appointment

Gertrude Abercrombie Sunset $163,800

Featured Chicago Artists

Listen to Specialist Joe Stanfield discuss Gertrude Abercrombie, Margo Hoff, and Richard Hunt

Image Notes: Margo Hoff, Murder Mystery, 1945. Photo Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY; American Gothic painting by Grant Wood displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Credit: David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo. Richard Hunt, most images courtesy of Richard Hunt Studio; Richard Hunt sculpture hanging in the lobby at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post via Getty Images.