Lot 77 · Outsider Art
Climbing High Mountains Trying to Get Home
Sister Gertrude Morgan · tempera, ink and graphite on wax paper
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Outsider Art, New York · 3 February 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3486358
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sister Gertrude Morgan, Climbing High Mountains Trying to Get Home. Christie's, 3 Feb 2022, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3486358.
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Sister Gertrude Morgan, Climbing High Mountains Trying to Get Home. Christie's, 3 Feb 2022, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3486358.
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From the same sale Outsider Art · Feb 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Head) | SON FORD THOMAS (1926-1993) | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Untitled (Baseball Bat) | JUDITH SCOTT (1943-2005) | $15,000–$30,000 | |
| Three Figures, circa 1990 | MARY T. SMITH (1905-1995) | $1,500–$3,000 | |
| Story of the Father of Time, 1996 | MARY L. PROCTOR (B. 1960) | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Uncle Sam | LEROY ALMON (1938-1997) | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Untitled (2015-133), 2015 | LEOPOLD STROBL (B. 1960) | $1,000–$3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | And I Looked | $8,190 | Christie's, Jan 2025 | |
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | New Jerusalem | Christie's, Jan 2020 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Another Angel | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2017 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Self-Portrait with New Jerusalem, double sided, circa 1968 | Christie's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Let's Make A Record | Christie's, Jan 2020 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Untitled (Airplane) | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Missionary Morgan Everlasting Gospel Teacher, 5444 N. Dorgen | Christie's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Sister Gertrude Morgan | Black Angel Known As Gertrude Morgan | Christie's, Feb 2022 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.