572. Medard Klein (American, b.1905), "Arrangement #44", c.1943; oil/masonite, 20" x 26", signed and dated. Important Chicago non-objective painter. Klein exhibited at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Guggenheim), Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Art, National Academy of Design, Laguna Beach Art Association, and the Library of Congress (1930s-40s). 2000-3000

573. Rudolph Weisenborn (American, b.1881), "Abstract Composition", c.1952; oil/board, 20" x 15", signed and dated. Important Chicago modernist. He exhibited at the Federal Art Project and the Art Institute of Chicago in 1938. Weisenborn combined references to Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism in a highly geometric form of painting. He was a leading figure in the avant-garde art groups, Cor Ardens, Neo-Arlemusc, and Les XX. These groups were reactionary to the conservatism of the Art Institute. He turned primarily to non-objective works in the 1930s, and was a member of the Abstract American Artists. 800-1200

574. Alice Trumbull Mason (American, 1904-1971), "Dark Woodland", c.1945; woodblock print, 12.5" x 16", signed and numbered, 5/25. Important non-objective painter and printmaker. Her work is included in the Museum of Non-Objective Painting and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 400-600

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