About This Artwork

Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983

And Man Created God in His Own Image, 1930-31

Oil on canvas
121.9 x 66 cm (48 x 26 in.)
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.36

© The Art Institute of Chicago.

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.