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S.S. Explorer at Izmit

Catalogue no. 1094

1959

Pencil on paper

4 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (12.4 x 19.4 cm)

Numbered, signed, inscribed top right: "178 / E W Dickinson / SS Explorer @ Ismid"
Dated bottom right: "1959"

Private collection

Photo: Geoffrey Clements

Notes

Drawn on board the M/S Tekla Torm. ED note on backing: "The Gulf of ISMID or ISMIT, [Izmir] a 45 mile indentation into Turkey-in-Asia from the Sea of Marmara. At its [?] lies DERINICE of tragic memory."

Provenance

Private collection

Exhibition History

1972 Wellfleet Art Gallery

Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, July 10–17, 1972.

1993b Babcock Galleries

Babcock Galleries, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Drawings, March 5–27, 1993.

Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "S.S. Explorer at Izmit, 1959 (Catalogue no. 1094)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1094 (accessed on July 22, 2026).