Bill and Esther Sawyer

(105)

1921–22

Oil on panel

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm)

Signed upper left: "E W Dickinson."

Private collection

Photo: Biff Henrich

Notes

Painting begun in Provincetown, MA, June 27, 1921, completed January 13, 1922, Buffalo, NY. Portraits of son & daughter of M/M A.W.S. Journal: 1922, January 10, 12, 13.

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Ansley W. Sawyer

Private collection

Exhibition History

1927 Albright-Knox: as "Portrait of Bill and Esther Sawyer"

1965 Whitney: Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective

1970 Burchfield Center, Buffalo: ART in the Buffalo Area: 1920-1930, as "Children's Portrait"

1977–78 Burchfield Center, Buffalo: Tribute Exhibition: Edwin Dickinson

1981 Niagara Falls: A Legacy of Friendship: Esther Hoyt Sawyer, Edwin W. Dickinson, Nicholas Vasilieff, as "Sonny and Sis"

1981–82 Burchfield Center, Buffalo: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Portraiture in Western New York, as "Sonny & Sister"