tromp l'oeil style; portrait of a man in shades of blue with burned edges in LLQ, with broken glass over image; tube of black paint with stream of paint squeezed out at top right; large moth pinned with pin with round red head at top left of center; part of a wasp nest at left center; razor blade behind ULC of portrait of man; snuffed-out cigarette with burning ashes and two matches below wasp nest; purple rectangular paper in LLC--"Ivan Albright by A Bohrod"; background of weathered wood

%C2%A9 Aaron Bohrod %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY

Ivan Albright, Through a Glass Darkly, 1958

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This painting commemorates a great artistic friendship and rivalry. Aaron Bohrod and his subject, the older Ivan Albright, became friends in Chicago where they spent the early part of their careers. Each made still-life paintings that required great technical skill, time, and patience to achieve a look of hand-painted reality. Albright pushed his images to an extreme, often spending a decade on single paintings that meditate of the meaning of life and death. Bohrod playfully alluded to this in his portrait by including a tube of black paint, a moth, and a burnt-out cigarette.

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Details
Title
Ivan Albright, Through a Glass Darkly
Artist Life
1907 - 1992
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.53
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tromp l'oeil style; portrait of a man in shades of blue with burned edges in LLQ, with broken glass over image; tube of black paint with stream of paint squeezed out at top right; large moth pinned with pin with round red head at top left of center; part of a wasp nest at left center; razor blade behind ULC of portrait of man; snuffed-out cigarette with burning ashes and two matches below wasp nest; purple rectangular paper in LLC--"Ivan Albright by A Bohrod"; background of weathered wood

© Aaron Bohrod / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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