S.S. Ilsenstein

(951)

1937

Pencil and charcoal on paper

11 x 13 in. (27.9 x 33 cm)

Numbered, dated, signed on bottom: "38 27 Nov. 1937 E W Dickinson"
Inscribed bottom left: "Lat 50 N / Long. 29 W"
Inscribed on left: "S/S Ilsenstein"
Inscribed top left: "plunging"

Scharf Family Collection

Photo: Geoffrey Clements

Notes

Drawn in the North Sea November 27 (journal),on board the S.S. Ilsenstein, the German freighter on which the Dickinson family sailed for Europe November 20. Drawing shows the after deck, "swells, plunging, overcast, raining." (journal). Only drawing done on the ship, to EHS [date?]

Provenance

Frances Dickinson

Scharf Family Collection

Exhibition History

1939b Passedoit Gallery: Drawings, Edwin W. Dickinson, as "Ship"

1947b PAA

1959 Boston University Art Gallery: Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, as "Cluny"

1961 James Graham & Sons: Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective

1967 U. of Washington: as "Lat. 50 N Long. 29 W; S/S Ilsenstein"

1970 Bristol Art Museum: An Exhibition of Paintings by Edwin Dickinson

1970 Cape Cod Conservatory: Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson

1976 PAAM: Edwin Dickinson Retrospective

1993b Babcock Galleries: Edwin Dickinson, Drawings, as "S.S. Ilenstein"

1994b Babcock Galleries: Works on Paper, Works on Paper