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Gertrude Abercrombie

Painter

The subject of the painting is based on a phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, a device for the mechanical and analogue recording and reproduction of sound; a tool in which Abercrombie was very fond. Music and jazz in particular was a dominant influence in her life.

There are other elements in the painting that are familiar from Abercrombie’s oeuvre as well. The ascetic foreground and background is a meaningful and repeatedly used setting reflecting the artist’s inner emptiness and insecurity, the mysterious orange door on the device challenges the viewers perception of scale.

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Infinite Love (Grey Version) Medium: mixed media on canvas 42" x 43”
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Hovik Kochinian (b. 1953) Gracefulness
Medium: mixed media on canvas 55" x 41”

Private collection of Hovik Kochinian

Hovik Kochinian (b. 1953)
Ready Spartan Beauty (Red Version) Medium: oil on canvas
40" x 40" (unframed)
Private collection of Hovik Kochinian

Hovik Kochinian (b. 1953) Leading To Freedom
Medium: mixed media on canvas 68" x 40”

Private collection of Hovik Kochinian

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