Dr. Charles A. Gordon

(527)
1951–52
New York, NY
Oil on canvas
31 x 26 in. (78.7 x 66 cm)
Dated, signed upper left: "1952 E W Dickinson"
Medical Society of the County of Kings and the Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn
Photo: Anonymous (Copies of old images)

Notes

Notes: Painted in New York, NY; April 30, saw John Gordon at Brooklyn Museum who wants him to do a portrait of his father; May 10, agrees to paint Dr. Gordon in the fall, If not acceptable will get $20 for each sitting, if acceptable, $1000. October 8 called Dr. Gordon, 9, to Kings County Medical Society to see portraits; begins October 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, November 5, 6, 9, 12, 13,

1952: January 21, 22, 23, 24 "(background)", 28 "drapery", 29, 30, February 4, 5, 6, 7, (journal), on commission from the Kings County Medical Society. April 24, "on Gordon portrait again, 25, 28, May 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23 "Gregory took photos of Dr. Gordon & of me."November 7 "Call on Dr. Gordon in Brooklyn, good."

Provenance

Medical Society of the County of Kings and the Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn

Exhibition History

1965 Whitney: Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective