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| Title: | Albright, Ivan, Exhibit. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1972 |
| Size: | 0.25 linear feet (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Records of an exhibit of World War I medical drawings by Ivan Lorraine Albright, at the Renaissance Society on the University of Chicago campus in 1972. Includes correspondence, memoranda, guest lists, invoices, expense reports, newspaper and magazine articles, brochures, and photographs of the exhibit. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Albright, Ivan, Exhibit. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Ivan Lorraine Albright (1897-1983) is most famously known for his grotesque yet highly detailed art that embodies the “Magic Realism” (also known as “Fabulism”) art movement of the 1930s. Prior to the creation of his most famous works, he was a medical drawer stationed in France during World War I from 1918-1919.
Two of Albright’s World War I sketchbooks were purchased in 1966 from the artist by Senator William Benton, a Trustee and former Vice President of the University of Chicago. Benton donated the sketchbooks to the university in 1971, and the drawings were exhibited in June 1972 at the Renaissance Society, an independent museum on the University of Chicago campus.
This collection documents the exhibition of Ivan Albright’s World War I medical drawings at the Renaissance Society in 1972. It is divided into 2 series:
Series I: Planning
Series II: Publications
This collection contains correspondence, memorandums, guest lists, invoices, expense reports, newspaper and magazine articles, brochures, and photographs of the exhibit.
Ivan Albright, Medical Sketchbook, 1918, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Series I: Planning |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence and Memorandums, 1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Guest and Attendance Lists, 1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Invoices and Expense Reports, 1972 |
Series II: Publications |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Brochures and Flyers, 1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Press Packet, 1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Press Publications, 1972 |