Hello Davidsimbt,
A great place for information about American Artists is AskArt.com
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Irean Gordon
Biography from the archives of AskART.com
A painter in modernist style, Irean Gordon lived in Chicago and in
1941-42 and 1948, exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.askart.com/Biography.asp
According to AskArt.com Irean Gordon is mentioned in the following
books:
http://www.askart.com/AllBooks.asp?BEG=1&END=10
The Artists Bluebook 2003
29,000 North American Artists
16th Century to Present
Lonnie Pierson Dunbier, Editor
9"x14" Spiral bound, 400 page, Easy-to-Use Portable Guide
Directory of www.AskART.com artists database as of 12/31/2002
Market values and other pertinent information at a glance
Full Name Dates Primary State Subject/Method Description Total
Number of Book/Exhibition Catalogue References Total Number of
Auction Lot Transactions from 1987 Highest Price Realized of those
lots Name of Auction House making highest sale Size of Top-Priced
Auction Lot
Price $100.00 US each
Source: Ask Art
http://www.askart.com/interest/bluebook.asp
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings
Who Was Who in American Art
Amazon carries this book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0932087000/qid=1061836593/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-2447328-7441608?v=glance&s=books
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago:
1888-1950 (The Exhibition Record Series)
by Peter H. Falk, Andrea Ansell Bien, Art Institute of Chicago
1117 pages
Amazon carries this book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0932087116/qid%3D1061836692/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-2447328-7441608
Here is an image of one of her paintings: Construction Site
http://www.askart.com/imagegallery/promotionalpage.asp?ID=&BEG=1&END=5&error=&searchtype=
Auction Records
Title: Construction Site
24" x 30" Oil
Created: 1939
Signed
http://www.askart.com/auctionrecords/promotionalpage.asp?BEG=1&END=10&error=
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must be a member of Ask Art.
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Treadway Gallery includes this painting in their online catalog:
Irean Gordon (American, early 20th century) "Construction Site", c.
1939; oil/canvas, 24" x 30", signed. Chicago area painter. Exhibited
at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1941-42 and 1948.
http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/Dec.2001/Paintingsession/0857.html
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There were no results for Irean Gordon in ArtNet
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There were no results for Irean Gordon in Artcyclopedia.
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