About This Artwork

Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983

The Lineman, 1927

Oil on canvas
184.2 x 92.7 cm (72 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.)
Signed lower right: Ivan Le Lorraine Albright
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.27

© The Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, "32nd Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," February 9-March 21, 1928, cat. 4, ill.

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, "27th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings," Ocotber 18-December 9, 1928, cat. 120

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 'The 124th Annual Exhibition," January 27-March 17, 1929, cat. 99.

Chicago, Walden Book Shop Gallery, "The First Collected Exhibition of Aerican Paintings by Ivan Le Lorraine Albright," August 15-September 15, 1930, cat. 3.

Washington DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, "13th Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings," December 4, 1932-January 15, 1933, cat. 275.

New York, Whitney Museum, "Chicago Artists Exhibition," March 1933.

Chicago, Arts Club, "Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Professional Members," 1934.

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Old White Art Gallery, Greenbriar Hotel, "Ivan Le Lorraine Albright," July 1-August 1, 1935, cat. 11.

Minneapolis, MInnesota State Fair Fine Arts Show, 1936.

New York, World's Fair, 1939.

New York Historical Society, Allied Artists of America, "31st Annual Exhibition," October 29-November 26, cat. 41.

New York, National Academy of Design, "118th Annual Exhibition," March 29-April 25, 1944, cat. 227.

New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, "First Joint Exhibition: The Albright Twins," October 22-November 10, cat. 11.

Chicago, Riccasdo's Restaurant and Gallery, solo exhibition, 1953.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition," October 30-December 27, 1964, cat. 1; traveled to the Whitney Museum, February 3-March 21, 1965.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Works by Ivan L. ALbright fromt he Collection," October 21-December 10, 1978, cat. 3.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright: Magic Realist," February 20-May 11, 1997; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 10-September 7, 1997.