the institution. Between donations from the artist, his family and his patrons, the Institute now holds 137 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. In turn, the institute works to promote his legacy through the publication of scholarly catalogues and exhibition of works. Major retrospectives of his work were held in 1964 and 1997. In addition, smaller exhibitions were held in 1978, 1984 and 2018.Sarah Kelly Oehler, “Introduction,” in The Art Institute of Chicago's collection was the result of Albright's own savvy in cementing his reputation among high-level museums and collectors. During the 1940s and 1950s, Albright repeatedly allowed prominent institutions to exchange works for superior examples: in 1947, the Institute exchanged Woman (1928) for Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida (1929–30); and in 1956, along with financing from donors they traded Ida together with Heavy the Oar to Him Who Is Tired, Heavy the Coat, Heavy the Sea (1929) and Oh God, Herrings, Buoys, the Glittering Sea (1940) for Albright's masterpiece The Door (1931–1941). In 1977, Albright gifted seventy-five of his personal collection to the museum, returning several works that had been traded before. Upon Albright's death, his widow Josephine Patterson Albright donated an additional twenty self-portraits as well as a collection of archival materials, now held by the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago. The archive includes photographs, scrapbooks, sketches, notebooks, a film, and other materials documenting his life and career. See also Gertrude Abercrombie Aaron Bohrod Paul Cadmus Jared French William S. Schwartz George Tooker John Wilde References Bibliography Exhibition catalogue. Exhibition catalogue. Published following the exhibition Flesh: Ivan Albright at the Art Institute of Chicago'', organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago, May 4 – August 4, 2018. Exhibition catalogue. End notes External links Oral history interview with Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, 5 February 1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. —Albright's biographer. Irene Helen McCabe Cantine letters from Ivan Albright, and related clippings, 1942–1983 20th-century American painters American male painters Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1897 births 1983 deaths American identical twins Medill-Patterson family New Trier High School alumni School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni People from Woodstock, Vermont Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Northwestern University alumni American twins Sibling artists People from Harvey, Illinois