Ivan Albright Collection
1888-1995 (bulk 1900-1980)
Ivan Albright (1897-1983)
This definitive collection documents the career of this singular American artist from Chicago, perhaps best known for his paintings for the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray. It contains fifty sketchbooks; poems and personal correspondence; scrapbooks of announcements and articles; photographs and glass negatives of the Albright family and of the artwork made by Ivan Albright, his twin brother MalvThis definitive collection documents the career of this singular American artist from Chicago, perhaps best known for his paintings for the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray. It contains fifty sketchbooks; poems and personal correspondence; scrapbooks of announcements and articles; photographs and glass negatives of the Albright family and of the artwork made by Ivan Albright, his twin brother Malvin, and their father Adam Emory Albright; diagrams and sketches for his paintings; ephemera such as his color wands; and research papers of Michael Croydon, Albright’s friend and biographer, relating to Albright and his 1978 book Ivan Albright. Parts of this collection were published in the catalogue for the 1997 exhibition Ivan Albright, held at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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archives@artic.eduin, and their father Adam Emory Albright; diagrams and sketches for his paintings; ephemera such as his color wands; and research papers of Michael Croydon, Albright’s friend and biographer, relating to Albright and his 1978 book Ivan Albright. Parts of this collection were published in the catalogue for the 1997 exhibition Ivan Albright, held at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Collection access:
Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult the FAQ.
Finding aids by subject
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Browse images and media
Oral histories
Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:
archives@artic.edu
Holograph papers, typescript papers, printed papers, photocopies, bound scrapbooks, black and white photographic prints, color photographic prints, color transparencies, black and white glass negatives, black and white film negatives, ink drawings, graphite drawings, textiles and realia.