
Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida
Ivan Albright · 1929–30
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; partially exchanged for <em>Woman</em> (1947.33; now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 228.1948) and sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947 [as 1947.519]; deaccessioned by exchange (along with <em>Heavy the Oar to Him Who Is Tired, Heavy the Coat, Heavy the Sea</em> <em>Oh God, Herrings, Buoys, the Glittering Sea</em [then 1941.828, now 1977.32]) to Ivan Albright for <em>That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)</em>(1955.645), 1959; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Paintings by George and Martin Baer and Ivan Le Lorraine Albright</em>, July 23–Oct. 11, 1931, no. cat.
- Chicago, Increase Robinson Galleries, <em>Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Society of Artists</em>, 1931, received Gold Medal.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>37th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity</em>, Jan. 12–Mar. 5, 1933, cat. no. 6 as The Lord in His Heaven Above and I in My Room Below.
- Chicago Art Fair, Grant Park, July 1933.
- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1933.
- White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Old White Art Gallery at the Greenbrier Hotel, <em>Ivan Le Lorraine Albright</em>, Jul–Aug, 1935, cat. no. 2.
- Chicago, Walden Book Shop Gallery, 1935.
- Springfield Art League, Springfield Museum, Mass. Jan–Feb. 1937.
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, <em>1937 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting</em>, Nov. 20–Dec. 12, 1937, cat. no. 61.
- San Francisco, Ca., <em>Golden Gate International Exposition</em>, Department of Fine Arts, Contemporary Art,
- [Feb. 19–Oct. 29], 1939, cat. United States 5.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, <em>American Realists and Magic Realists</em>, 1943, cat. no. 29.
Literature
Published references
- “Albright’s Ida Wins Chicago Gold Medal,” <em>The Art Digest</em>, Dec. 15, 1931, 6, ill.
- “Albright’s Aging ‘Ida’ Repeats Her 1931 Chicago Triumph in Springfield,” <em>The Art Digest</em>, Feb. 1, 1937, 12, ill.
- “Lavender and Old Bottles,” <em>Time</em>, Nov. 24, 1941, 18.
- Daniel Catton Rich, “Ivan Le Lorraine Albright Our Own Jeremiah,” <em>Magazine of Art</em>, Feb. 1943, 49–51.
- Frederick c. Othman, “Black Eye Artist Goes to Work on Dorian Gray Film,” <em>Hollywood (UP)</em>, Nov. 30, 1943.
- C.J. Bulliet, “Albright’s ‘Dorian Gray’ Hollywoodian in its Horror,” <em>Chicago Daily News</em>, July 28, 1945.
- Jo Gibbs, “The Albright Twins—Decay, Charm, Confusion,” <em>The Art Digest</em>, Nov. 1, 1945, 12, ill.
- “A Look at the Albrights,” <em>Newsweek</em>, Nov. 5, 1945, ill.
- Harriet and Sidney Janis, “The Painting of Ivan Albright,” <em>Art in America</em>, Jan. 1946, 43–49.
- “Texture, The Neglected Element,” <em>Design</em>, March 1951, 24.
- John I.H. Baur, “American Art After 25 Years: A Richer Diversity Than Ever Before,” <em>The Art Digest</em>, Nov. 1, 1951, 15–18, ill. p. 17.
- Dorothy Bridaham, “The Paintings of Ivan Albright,” <em>Chicago</em>, April 1954, 20–41, ill. p. 24.
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