Catalogue entry

Tekla Torm
Catalogue no. 1099
1959
Pencil on paper
11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (29.2 x 22.2 cm)
Signed, inscribed on right: "E W Dickinson Tekla Torm"
Dated on left: "1959"
Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Margaret Day Blake
Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago
Notes
Drawn probably July 13 (journal), on board the M/S Tekla Torm. ED note: ". . . en route Casablanca looking down (aft) from the boat deck port side" Pl. 55, Goodrich, "Drawings of Edwin Dickinson."
Provenance
Paul Magriel
Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Gardner
Margaret Day Blake
The Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition History
1961 James Graham & Sons
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, as "Tekia Torn (structure.
1962 Montclair Art Museum
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, 1962, as "Tekia Torn.
1962 Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia, 1962, as "Tekia Torn.
1965 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
1970 Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings Given to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1944-1970, by Margaret Day Blake, April 28–June 7, 1970, as "Tekla Torn.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Tekla Torm, 1959 (Catalogue no. 1099)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1099 (accessed on July 22, 2026).