Death Place of Hannibal and Istanbul

(1114)

1960

Pencil on paper

[no dimensions] 19.69 x 12.70 cm [?]

Obverse: inscribed, signed, dated, inscribed: "Gulf of Ismid
Deathplace of Hanibal. [sic] / E W Dickinson 1960 / Izmit"
Numbered at bottom: "143"
reverse: inscribed: "Istanbul 60 / etc / cobalt / lt & "off / & dk [dark] / waves?
/ waves ? / Man yellow / lt lavender / JC / another man / JC walking on the water ?
/ Constantine /[mysterious inscription, not Greek] / ANASTASIS [Resurrection]"
Signed on bottom: "E W Dickinson"

Photo: Anonymous (Copies of old images)

Notes

Obverse drawn August 11 (journal), on board the M/S Hollandia off Derenice, Turkey. Reverse drawn August 9 or 10 in Istanbul, Turkey, of a fresco or mosaic. Subject is the "Noli Me Tangere"("Do Not Touch Me,") spoken by the Resurrected Christ which ED speculated might be the Walking on the Water. Drawing #243.

Provenance

Estate

Frances Dickinson

Exhibition History

1967b PAA: Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson, obverse