About This Artwork

Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983

Poor Room-There is No Time, No End, No Today, No Yesterday, No Tomorrow, Only the Forever, and Forever and Forever Without End, 1942-43; 1948-55; 1957-63

Oil on canvas
121.9 x 94 cm (48 x 37 in.)
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.35

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Venice, Italy, "American Artists Paint the City," U.S. Pavillion, Venice XXVIII Biennale, June-September 1956, p. 15, ill. pl. 9.

Art Institute of Chicago, "65th American Exhibition: Some Directions in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," January 5-February 18, 1962, cat. 4.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, "Dunn International Exhibition," November 14-December 14, 1963, cat. 2; traveled to London, Tate Gallery.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition," October 30-December 27, 1964, cat. 26; traveled to Whitney Museum, February 3-March 21, 1965.

New York, Whitney Museum, "Art int he United States," September 27-November 27, 1966, cat. 2.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Works by Ivan Albright in the Collection," October 21-December 10, 1978, cat. 20.

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.