Catalogue entry

An Anniversary
Catalogue no. 102
1920–21
Provincetown, MA
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 in. (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
Signed, titled, dated on reverse, now covered: "E W Dickinson / An Anniversary / 1921"
Albright-Knox ArtGallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ansley Sawyer
Notes

Notes: Painted in Provincetown, MA. The last mention of it to Tibi is July 21, 1921. She was in Provincetown August-December 1920.

Journal: 1920, week of August 15 "stretching 5 x 6", 9 "2 coats zinc on 5 x 6.", 18 "sandpapered 5 x 6.", October 11 "began 5 x 6.", 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 "(36)", 30, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 "(50)", 20, 21.

Journal: January 1921, painted; 21, 22, 25, 28 "began 2nd figure.", 29, 31, February 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 "(63)", 7, 8 "(3rd fig.)", 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 "(82)", 25, 26 "(84)", March 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 "(90)", 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 "insured 5x6 'An Anniversary' for 1 year from this noon for $1,000. prem. $20.", 24, 25 "changed ins on 5x6 from 1 year to 8 mos.", 26 "(106)", 29, 30, 31, April 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, "(WC)", 14, 15 "(WC)", 16 "(121)", 18, 19, 20 "(WC)", 23"(WC)", 26, 27, 29, 30, May 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 "(137)", 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, June 2, 4 "(149)", 6, 7, 10 "(ott?)" [?], 14, 15, 18, [until Aug. 16 hard to know if painting on AA or Esther's children], 28, 29, 30, July 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 "(157)", 12, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, August 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 "bowl" [?], 18, September 24 "(162)", 25, 26, 28, 29, October 4, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 "(174)", 27, November 5 "(176)", 10 "canvas photoed at Art Assn.", 13 "canvas photographed", 14 "sent 5 x 6.", 23 "Corcoran rejected 5 x 6". 1922, November 13, "Anniversary in Academy". 1923, March 15 "varnished 5 x 6", July 2 "Anniversary invited to Chicago."

Provenance
Cecil Calvert Beall
Mr. & Mrs. Ansley W. Sawyer
Albright-Knox ArtGallery
Exhibition History
1921b PAA
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1921.
1922 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, 1922.
1922 Pennsylvania Academy
Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, 1922.
1923 Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1923.
1923 Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 1923.
1923 Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1923.
1924 Indianapolis
Indianapolis, 1924.
1927 Albright-Knox
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, 1927.
1957–58 Cornell University
Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Ithica, Edwin Dickinson, Visiting Artist: An Exhibition of Paintings, 1912-1956, December 10, 1957–January 10, 1958.
1958 Cushman Gallery
Cushman Gallery, Houston, 1958.
1959 Boston University Art Gallery
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959.
1961 James Graham & Sons
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961.
1965 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
1966 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Art of the United States, 1966.
1968–69 Venice Biennial
XXXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Art, Venice, Italy, The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art: Edwin Dickinson, June 22–October 20, 1968. Traveled to: National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1968–February 2, 1969; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17, 1969.
1970 Burchfield Center, Buffalo
State University College at Buffalo, Charles Burchfield Center, Buffalo, New York, ART in the Buffalo Area: 1920-1930, April 19–September 27, 1970.
1972 Burchfield Center, Buffalo
State University College at Buffalo, Charles Burchfield Center, Buffalo, New York, Our Legacy of Art in Western New York, 1972.
1974 Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania, Living American Artists and the Figure, November 3–December 22, 1974.
1977 Syracuse NY
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, Provincetown Painters: 1890's to 1970's, April 1–June 26, 1977. Traveled to: Provincetown Art Association [?], Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1977.
1977–78 Burchfield Center, Buffalo
State University College at Buffalo, Charles Burchfield Center, Buffalo, New York, Tribute Exhibition: Edwin Dickinson, September 18, 1977–November 6, 1978. Traveled to: Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, January 14–February 19, 1978; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, November 16–December 23, 1978.
1984–86 Utica NY
Utica, New York, 1984–86.
2007 PAAM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson In Provincetown 1912-1937, July 20–September 23, 2007.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "An Anniversary, 1920–21 (Catalogue no. 102)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=102 (accessed on July 29, 2026).