Study for "An Anniversary"

(746)
1920
Provincetown, MA
Pencil on paper
7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (20 x 12.4 cm)
Inscribed, numbered, signed on right: "working drawing / for `An Anniversary /
1920 / top / Provincetown / 69 / E W Dickinson"
Inscribed above signature: "darkest here II"
Inscribed on top: "(solid) I branches black against dark (Warmer) / II interlacing of dead
boughs with cones / green needles with dark small / branches in front holding them"
Inscribed at left: "sand begins here"
Inscribed below at left: "I"
Inscribed bottom left: "silhouette / gray branches"

Notes

Drawn in Provincetown, MA. See "An Anniversary" 1920-1921. ED rarely did preparatory drawings, this work is an exception.

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Dietrich II
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II

Exhibition History

1967b PAA: Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson
1977–78 Burchfield Center, Buffalo: Tribute Exhibition: Edwin Dickinson