Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Two Figures II
Catalogue no. 106
1921–23
Provincetown, MA & New York, NY
Oil on canvas or "wood"
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Inscribed mid left: "A D" [Antoinette Dickinson]
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Notes
Painted in Provincetown, MA and New York, NY. Portraits of Ben "Pot" Atkins (Provincetown) and
Gladys Williams (ED student at ASL from Sioux City). March 4, 1961, ED received a letter from Gladys Williams.
Journal: 1921, November 1 "making 30 x 36.", 2 "making 30 x 36", 18 "(began 30 x 36)", 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29,
30, December 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12,. 1922, March 31, April 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, May 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, June 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, July 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, August 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31,
September 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 21, 22,
1923: January 21, painted Gladys, February 18, painted Gladys, March 4, painted Gladys, May 6 painted
Gladys.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1924.
Junior League, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1927.
Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, 1930.
San Diego, 1930.
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959.
American Academy & National Institute, New York, 1962.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, A Survey of American Art, February 4–25, 1968.
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, Art Students League Benefit Sale, May 18–July 4, 1982, as "Two Figures, 1922-1924".
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. "Two Figures II, 1921–23 (Catalogue no. 106)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=106 (accessed on July 29, 2026).