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Title:Two Figures
Artist:Edwin Dickinson (American, Seneca Falls, New York 1891–1978 Orleans, Massachusetts)
Date:1922–24
Medium:Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions:36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Hugo Kastor Fund, 1959
Object Number:59.162
Inscription: Signed and inscribed (verso): TWO FIGURES / E.W. Dickinson; inscribed (mid-left): A D
Mr. and Mrs. Coulton Waugh, Newburgh, N. Y. (until 1959); [James Graham & Sons, New York, 1959; sold to MMA]
Provincetown Art Association. 1924.
Springfield, Mass. Junior League. "Edwin Dickinson," November 1927.
Los Angeles Museum. 1930.
Boston University Art Gallery. "Edwin Dickinson: Retrospective Exhibition," March 7–April 4, 1959, no. 1 (dated 1922; lent by Mr. and Mrs. Coulton Waugh, Newburgh, New York).
New York. Graham Gallery. "Edwin Dickinson," February 1–March 11, 1961, no. 9 (dated 1921–24).
New York. American Academy of Arts and Letters. "Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards," May 25–June 17, 1962, no. 16.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Edwin Dickinson," October 20–November 28, 1965, no. 12.
Norwich, Conn. Slater Memorial Museum. "A Survey of American Art," February 4–25, 1968, no. 24.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, no catalogue.
New York. National Academy of Design. "Edwin Dickinson: Draftsman/Painter," April 7–May 9, 1982, unnumbered cat. (p. 26).
Springfield, Mass. Museum of Fine Arts. "Edwin Dickinson: Draftsman/Painter," July 3–August 15, 1982, unnumbered cat.
West Palm Beach. Norton Gallery. "Edwin Dickinson: Draftsman/Painter," September 10–October 17, 1982, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "14 Americans," July 16, 1990–January 2, 1991, no catalogue.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum. "Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown 1912–1937," July 20–September 23, 2007, no. 25 (as "Two Figures II").
Helen Dickinson Baldwin. "Edwin Dickinson." Provincetown Arts 4 (1988), p. 169.
Helen Dickinson Baldwin. "A Drawing by Edwin Dickinson: The Studio at 46 Pearl Street." Provincetown Arts 14 (1999), p. 45, calls it "Two Figures II".
Douglas Dreishpoon inEdwin Dickinson: Dreams and Realities. Exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. New York, 2002, p. 47 n. 49.
Francis V. O'Connor inEdwin Dickinson: Dreams and Realities. Exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. New York, 2002, pp. 59–61, 72 n. 42, p. 73, nn. 52, 53, fig. 5, notes that the initials "A D" inscribed mid-left stand for the artist's sister [Antoinette Dickinson; see Ref. Baldwin 2021].
John L. Ward. Edwin Dickinson: A Critical History of His Paintings. Newark, Del., 2003, pp. 80, 82–83, 98, 106, 110, 129, 185, 215, 231–32 nn. 34–37, 39, fig. 18, calls it "Two Figures II" and dates it about 1921–23; notes that after 175 sittings, it was left unfinished.
Mary Ellen Abell in Mary Ellen Abell and Helen Dickinson. Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown 1912–1937. Exh. cat., Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Provincetown, 2007, pp. 30, 53, no. 25, ill. p. 84 (color), dates it 1921–23.
Helen Dickinson in Mary Ellen Abell and Helen Dickinson. Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown, 1912–1937. Exh. cat., Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Provincetown, 2007, p. 48.
Helen Dickinson Baldwin. The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [edwindickinson.org], 2021 (accessed), no. 106, ill., calls it "Two Figures II" and dates it 1921–23.
The two figures in this work are Ben Atkins and Gladys Williams, a student of Dickinson's at the Art Students League.
Edwin Dickinson (American, Seneca Falls, New York 1891–1978 Orleans, Massachusetts)
1949
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