About This Artwork

Ivan Albright
American, 1897-1983

Three Love Birds, 1930

Charcoal with touches of oil on canvas
199.4 x 106.7 cm (78 1/2 x 42 in.)
Gift of Ivan Albright, 1977.38

© The Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, The Arts Club, 1936.

Art Institute of Chicago, "47th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," March 11-April 25, 1943, cat. 5.

New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, "First Joint Exhibition: The Albright Twins," October 22-November 10, cat. 6.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ivan Albright Retrospective Exhibition," October 30-December 27, 1964, cat. 49; traveled to Whitney Museum, February 3-March 21, 1965.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Works by Ivan L. Albright from the Collection," October 21-December 10, 1978.

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.