
And Man Created God in His Own Image
Ivan Albright · 1930–31
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>36th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity</em>, Jan. 28–Mar. 20, 1932, cat. 6, as <em>Room 23</em>.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, <em>Fellowship Exhibition</em>, Nov. 1932, as <em>Room 23</em>.
- New York, Whitney Museum, <em>The First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting</em>, Nov. 22, 1932–Jan. 5, 1933, cat. 44, as <em>Room 23</em>.
- White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Old White Art Gallery at the Greenbrier Hotel, <em>Ivan Le Lorraine Albright</em>, Jul–Aug, 1935, cat. no. 10, as <em>And God Created Man in His Own Image</em>.
- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, <em>The 1936 International Exhibition of Paintings</em>, Oct. 15–Dec. 6, 1936, cat. 27, as <em>And God Created Man in His Own Image</em>.
- Museum of Modern Art, <em>20th Century Portraits</em>, 1942, cat. 2; Chicago, Arts Club, and St. Louis, City Art Museum, 1943.
- New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, <em>First Joint Exhibition: The Albright Twins</em>, Oct. 22–Nov. 10, 1945, cat. 3.
- Chicago, Associated American Artists Galleries, <em>The Albright Twins First Joint Chicago Exhibition</em>, Mar. 29–Apr. 17, 1946, cat. 4.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, <em>The 144th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture</em>, Jan. 23–Feb. 27, 1949, cat. 303.
- Chicago, Riccardo's Restaurant and Gallery, solo exhibition, Feb. 1953.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, <em>151st Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture</em>, Jan. 22–Feb. 26, 1956, cat. 13, as <em>There is Man in God</em>.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4281/ivan-albright-retrospective"><em>Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition</em></a>, Oct. 30–Dec. 27, 1964, cat. 14; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb. 3–Mar. 21, 1965, as <em>And God Created Man in His Own Image</em>.
Literature
Published references
- Associated American Artists, <em>The Albright Twins: First Joint Chicago Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Associated American Artists, 1946), cat. 4.
- Frederick A. Sweet, <em>Ivan Albright: A Retrospective Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1964), cat. 14, as <em>And God Created Man in His Own Image</em>.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Works by Ivan L. Albright from the Collection</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), cat. 9.
- Judith A. Barter, ed., <em>America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2016), 129, fig. 10.
- Sarah Kelly Oehler, ed., <em>Ivan Albright Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2019), <a href="https://www.artic.edu/digitalalbright">https://www.artic.edu/digitalalbright</a>, cat. 9 (ill.).
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