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Flesh (Smaller Than Tears Are the Little Blue Flowers) by Ivan Albright

Flesh (Smaller Than Tears Are the Little Blue Flowers)

Ivan Albright · 1928

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DETAILS
Artist
Ivan Albright
Date
1928
Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
91.4 × 61 cm (36 × 24 in.)
Collection
Arts of the Americas
Culture
United States
Credit line
Gift of Ivan Albright
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Ivan Albright

Ivan Albright, the "master of the macabre," spent years meticulously detailing the fragility of flesh and the human condition in works like "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)."

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