Margot Bergman
Grace Jane
Lot Closed
June 7, 03:06:30 AM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Margot Bergman
b. 1934
Grace Jane
Executed in 2012.
Acrylic on found canvas
24 × 18 in. (60.9 × 45.7 cm)
Framed: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
Active since the 1950s, Margot Bergman (b. 1934, Chicago, IL; lives in Chicago) is a painter and sculptor whose psychologically charged and richly layered paintings combine portraiture and abstraction, often incorporating found imagery in the compositions. Enigmatic and ethereal, Bergman’s portraits are fictional imaginings—as the artist explains, “The figures in the paintings are invented. . . . They’re not from life, but they are from psyche. I paint them from inside my body.” Bergman has been featured in several exhibitions at the MCA, most recently Just Connect in 2020. Her work is held in the MCA Collection, in addition to the collections of Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, and Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland. Bergman’s awards include an Illinois Arts Council Grant and the William and Bertha Clusman Prize for Painting in the 76th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, presented by the Art Institute of Chicago.