Picture of Dorian Gray by Ivan Albright
Art Institute of Chicago

Picture of Dorian Gray

Ivan Albright · 1943–44

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. 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>Fifty–Sixth Annual American Exhibition of Paintings</em>, Oct. 25, 1945–Jan. 1, 1946, cat. 2, ill. pl. VI.
  • Chicago, Associated American Artists Galleries, <em>The Albright Twins First Joint Chicago Exhibition</em>, Mar. 29–Apr. 17, 1946, cat.
  • Chicago, Riccardo’s Restaurant and Gallery, 1946.
  • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, <em>Painting in the United States</em>, Oct. 11–Dec. 8, 1946, cat. 101, ill. pl. 84.
  • Springfield, Illinois State Fair, <em>First Annual Exhibition by Artists of the Old Northwest Territory, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois</em>, Aug. 8–17, 1947, cat. 2, ill. p. 2.
  • Chicago, Marshall Field & Co. Galleries, <em>Exhibition of Winners of the Illinois State Fair (and Dorian Gray)</em>, Sept. 1947.
  • Miami, Fla. <em>Work exhibited at The Cadillac Hotel and Lord Tarleton Hotel, sponsored by the Advertising Artists Guild of Miami</em>, Dec. 1947.
  • Chicago, Riccardo’s Restaurant and Gallery, <em>Albright Family Exhibition (works by Ivan, Malvin and Adam)</em>, 1950.
  • 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. 29; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb. 3–Mar. 21, 1965.
  • Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, Beaumont–May Gallery, <em>Visitors Forum Show</em>, Aug. 1970.
  • Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, <em>The Thirties Decade: American Artists and Their European Contemporaries</em>, Oct. 10–Nov. 28, 1971, cat. 1, ill.
  • Woodstock, Vermont, Universalist Church, <em>Art on Church Street</em>, June 1975.

Literature

Published references

  • "The Albright Twins Paint Gruesome Masterpieces in an Abandoned Methodist Church,” <em>Life</em>, March 2, 1944, 63–70.
  • <em>The Art Digest</em>, May 14, 1945, 14.
  • C.J. Bulliet, “Albright’s ‘Dorian Gray’ Hollywoodian in its Horror,” <em>Chicago Daily News</em>, July 28, 1945.
  • “A Look at the Albrights,” <em>Newsweek</em>, Nov. 5, 1945, 106.
  • Harriet and Sidney Janis, “The Painting of Ivan Albright,” <em>Art in America</em>, Jan. 1946, 43–49.
  • Associated American Artists, <em>The Albright Twins: First Joint Chicago Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Associated American Artists, 1946), cat. 1.
  • “By the Way,” <em>Townsfolk</em>, Chicago, 35, 1 (1946).
  • Dorothy Bridaham, “The Paintings of Ivan Albright,” <em>Chicago</em>, April 1954, 20–41, ill. p. 21.
  • Ralph M. Pearson, <em>The Modern Renaissance in American Art</em> (Harper and Brothers, 1954), 237, 239, fig. 146.
  • <em>WFMT Fine Arts Guide</em>, Chicago, Nov. 1960, ill. back cover.
  • Edith Weigle, “The Genius of Ivan Albright, <em>Chicago Tribune Magazine</em>, January 27, 1963.
  • Robert Hardy Andrews, “Some Stories That Didn’t Get Into My Book,” <em>Chicago Daily News</em>, Summer 1963.

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