Lot 823: Louise Woodroofe (American, early 20th century), "Abstract Composition", c.1950; oilstick/paper, 7in x 10in, signed. Woodroofe worked in Champaign, IL, and later taught at the University of Illinois. During the 1930s she traveled with the Ringling

Louise Woodroofe (American, early 20th century), "Abstract Composition", c.1950; oilstick/paper, 7in x 10in, signed. Woodroofe worked in Champaign, IL, and later taught at the University of Illinois. During the 1930s she traveled with the Ringling Brothers Circus, painting various scenes of circus life, then in the late 1940s 60s, she turned to abstraction, working frequently in collage. She exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, National Association of Watercolor Painters, Cincinnati Art Museum (1920s), Butler Art Institute, and at galleries in New York.