About This Artwork
Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983
And Man Created God in His Own Image1930-31
Oil on canvas
121.9 x 66 cm (48 x 26 in.)
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.36
American Art
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Art Institute of Chicago, "36th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," January 28-March 20, 1932, cat. 6 (as Room 23).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Fellowship Exhibition, November 1932, (as Room 23).
New York, Whitney Museum, "The First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," November 22, 1932-January 5, 1933, cat. 44 (as Room 23).
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Old White Art Gallery at the Greenbrier Hotel, Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, July-August, 1935, cat. no. 10 (as And God Created Man in His Own Image).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, "The 1936 International Exhibition of Paintings," October 15-December 6, 1936, cat. 27 (as And God Created Man in His Own Image).
Museum of Modern Art, "20th Century Portraits," 1942, cat. 2; traveled to Chicago, Arts Club, and St. Louis, City Art Museum, 1943.
New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, "First Joint Exhibition: The Albright Twins," October 22-November 10, 1945, cat. 3.
Chicago, Associated American Artists Galleries, "The Albright Twins First Joint Chicago Exhibition," March 29-April 17, 1946, cat. 4.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, "The 144th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," January 23-February 27, 1949, cat. 303.
Chicago, Riccardo's Restaurant and Gallery, solo exhibition, February 1953.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, "151st Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture," January 22-February 26, 1956, cat. 13 (as There is Man in God).
Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition," Ocotber 30-December 27, 1964, cat. 14; traveled to the Whitney Museum, February 3-March 21, 1965 (as And God Created Man in His Own Image).
New York, Whitney Museum, "The 1930s," October 15-December 1, 1968 (as And God Created Man in His Own Image).
Art Institute of Chicago, "Works by Ivan Le Lorraine Albright from the Collection," October 21-December 10, 1978, cat. 9.
Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, "American Realism Between the Wars: 1919-1941," April 10-June 5, 1994.
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.
Kunsthalle de Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, Realism in the Twentieth Century, June 1-September 2, 2001.

