
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Ivan Albright · 1945–46
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Organized by American Federation of Arts, <em>Bel Ami International Exhibition</em>, New York, Knoedler's, Jul–Sept. 1946; Washington DC, Crosby Gallery of Modern Art, Oct. 10–24, 1946; Boston, Stuart Art Gallery, Nov. 1946;Chicago, Associated American Artists, Feb. 4–16, 1947; Brussels, June 1947.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>52nd Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity</em>, June 17–Aug. 15, 1948, cat. 3.
- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, <em>Painting in the United States</em>, Oct. 14–Dec. 12, 1948, cat. 29.
- Chicago, <em>Associated American Artists</em>, 1948.
- New York, Whitney Museum, <em>Annual Exhibition of American Contemporary Painting</em>, Nov. 10–Dec. 31, 1950, cat. 2.
- San Francisco Museum of Art, <em>Expressionism</em>, 1956; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Ivan Albright: A Retrospective</em>, Oct. 30, 1964–Dec. 27, 1965; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb. 3–Mar. 21, 1965, cat. 30.
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, <em>Human Concerns/Personal Torment: the Grotesque in American Art</em>, Oct. 14–Nov. 30, 1969; Berkeley, University of California, University Art Museum, Jan. 20–Mar. 1, 1970, cat. 2.
- Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, 1975–76.
- 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. 23.
- Cologne, Germany, <em>Bel Ami International Art Competition</em>, May 30–Aug. 16, 1981.
- Munich, Germany, Haus der Kunst, <em>Amerikanische Malerei 1930–1980</em>, Nov. 14, 1981–Jan. 31, 1982, cat. 108.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Works by Ivan L. Albright from the Collection</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), cat. 23.
- 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. 19 (ill.).
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