
Art Institute of Chicago
Poor Room—There Is No Time, No End, No Today, No Yesterday, No Tomorrow, Only the Forever, and Forever, and Forever without End
Ivan Albright · 1942–43, 1948–55, 1957–63
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Venice, Italy, <em>American Artists Paint the City, U.S. Pavillion, Venice XXVIII Biennale</em>, Jun–Sept. 1956, p. 15, ill. pl. 9.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>65th American Exhibition: Some Directions in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture</em>, Jan. 5–Feb. 18, 1962, cat. 4.
- Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, <em>Dunn International Exhibition</em>, Nov. 14–Dec. 14, 1963, cat. 2; London, Tate Gallery.
- 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.; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb. 3–Mar. 21, 1965.
- New York, Whitney Museum, <em>Art in the United States</em>, Sept. 27–Nov. 27, 1966, cat. 2.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/6728/ivan-albright-1978"><em>Works from the Collection by Ivan Albright</em></a>, Oct. 21–Dec. 10, 1978, cat. 20.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/8201/ivan-albright-1997"><em>Ivan Albright</em></a>, Feb. 20–May 11, 1997, cat.; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>Ivan Albright: Magic Realist</em>, June 10–Sept. 7, 1997.
Literature
Published references
- Frederick A. Sweet, <em>Ivan Albright: A Retrospective Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1964), cat. 26.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Works by Ivan L. Albright from the Collection</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), cat. 20.
- 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. 17 (ill.).
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