About This Artwork

Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983

I Drew A Picture in the Sand and the Water Washed It Away, 1927

Oil on canvas
91.4 x 58.4 cm (36 x 23 in.)
Signed lower left: Ivan Le Lorraine Albright
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.29

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Walden Book Shop Galleries, "The First Collected Exhibition of American Paintings by Ivan Le Lorraine Albright," August 15-September 15, 1930, cat. 8 (as The Theosophist).

Art Institute of Chicago, "Paintings by George and Martin Baer and Ivan Le Lorraine Albright," July 13-October 11, 1931, no. 27 (as The Theosophist).

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

Art Institute of Chicago, "39th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," January 31-March 10, 1935, cat. 5.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, "131st Annual Exhibition," January 26-March 1, 1936, cat. 272.

New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, "First Joint Exhibition: The Albright Twins," October 22-November 10, 1945, cat. 15.

Chicago, Arts Club, "Exhibition of Professional Members," March 1947.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition," October 31-December 27, 1964, cat. 10;
traveled to the Whitney Museum, February 3-March 31, 1965 (as I Drew a Picture in the Sand and the Water Washed it Away [The Theosophist]).

Art Institute of Chicago, "Works by Ivan L. Albright in the Collection," October 21-December 10, 1978, cat. 2 (as I Drew a Picture in the Sand and the Water Washed it Away [The Theosophist]).