Rock, Cape Poge

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Artist/Maker Edwin W. Dickinson (American, 1891 - 1978)

DateJuly 18, 1950

MediumOil on Masonite

DimensionsOverall: 12 × 14 1/2 in. (30.5 × 36.8 cm) Frame: 18 3/4 × 21 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (47.6 × 54.9 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II, Class of 1964

Object number2016.8.3

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Alternate Titles The Rock

Exhibition History 2002-03
Buffalo, NY (Albright Knox Art Gallery). "Edwin Dickinson: Dreams and Realities," April 27 - July 14, 2002 (cat. #94); travelled to: Philadelphia, PA (Pennsylvania Academy) September 14 - November 24, 2002; New York, NY (National Academy of Design) January 29 - April 13, 2003; Little Rock, AR (Arkansas Art Center) May 9 - July 20, 2003; Lincoln, NB (Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery) August 29 - November 9, 2003;

1999-2000
Tulsa, OK (Philbrook Museum of Art), "Green Woods and Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition Since 1950," September 12 - November 7, 1999 (cat no. 24, illus.); travelled to: Sarasota, FL (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) January 14 - March 19, 2000; Davenport, IA (Davenport Museum of Art) April 16 - June 24, 2000;

1980–81
Washington, D.C. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden). "Edwin Dickinson: Selected Landscapes," September 18, 1980 - December 14, 1981 (cat. not numbered, illus. fig. 54); travelled to: Louisville, KY (J. B. Speed Art Museum), January 19 - March 1, 1981;

1968–69
Venice, Italy (Venice Biennial 34). "The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art: Edwin Dickinson," June 22–October 20, 1968 (cat no. 49); travelled to: Washington, D.C. (National Collection of Fine Arts) December 19, 1968 - February 2, 1969, Lincoln, NE (Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska) March 17, 1969;

1965
New York, NY (Whitney Museum of American Art). "Edwin Dickinson," October 20–November 28, 1965 (cat no. 87, illus. p. 45);

1963
Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Museum of Art). "Shadowed Images," February 19 - March 31, 1963 (brochure);

1961
New York, NY (James Graham & Sons Gallery). "Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective," February 1 - March 11, 1961;

1960
New York, NY (World House Galleries). "Selection of Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, 1920-1959," 1960;

1959
Boston, MA (Boston University Art Gallery). "Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition," March 7 - April 4, 1959;

1958
Houston, TX (The Cushman Gallery). "Edwin Dickinson: A Retrospective," March 30 - April 25, 1958;

1957–58
Ithaca, NY (Cornell University). "Edwin Dickinson, Visiting Artist: An Exhibition of Paintings, 1912-1956," December 10, 1957 - January 10, 1958;

1957
Boston, MA (Boston Arts Festival), 1957;

1956
Stanford, CA (Stanford University), 1956;

1954
New York, NY (Stable Gallery). "Paintings by Edwin Dickinson," October 12 - November 30, 1954;

1954
New York, NY (American Academy & National Institute), 1954;

1951
New York, NY (National Academy of Design), 1951.

Provenance 2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College) by bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II;
by 1999 - 2016: Daniel W. Dietrich II;
after 1980: Benjamin Merkel;
by 1968: Katherine White Reswick, Cleveland, Ohio
by 1965: Katherine W. Merkel;
by 1961: W. M. Merkel, Gates Mills, Ohio;
?: Joanna A. (nee McLeod) Sawyer [wife of Ansley W. Sawyer, Jr., son of Ansley Sawyer], Cleveland, Ohio.

Signature Signed "E W Dickinson" on upper left in paint.

Inscribed "Cape Poge" in paint along upper edge; "1950" in paint along right edge;