Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Mt. Vesuvius and Ships, Pantellaria
Catalogue no. 1109
1960
Pencil on paper
6 3/16 x 4 7/8 in. (15.7 x 12.4 cm)
Signed, inscribed on right: "E W Dickinson separate sketches"
Inscribed on top: "Pantellaria @ 10 mi 30. VII 60"
Inscribed on left: "Vesuvius"
Numbered on left: "140 / 140"
Inscribed on left: "Top Mt. Vesuvius / bottom ships Pantellaria"
Dated, inscrbed on left: "60 / Naples"
Inscribed reverse: "This piece consists of 2 drawings done on the same day: Mt. Vesuvius at the top; two
freight ships at a quai, Pantellaria Edwin Dickinson 1959 [sic]"
Inscribed on top: "Pantellaria @ 10 mi 30. VII 60"
Inscribed on left: "Vesuvius"
Numbered on left: "140 / 140"
Inscribed on left: "Top Mt. Vesuvius / bottom ships Pantellaria"
Dated, inscrbed on left: "60 / Naples"
Inscribed reverse: "This piece consists of 2 drawings done on the same day: Mt. Vesuvius at the top; two
freight ships at a quai, Pantellaria Edwin Dickinson 1959 [sic]"
The Michael A. and Juliet V. Rubenstein Collection
Photo: Geoffrey Clements
Notes
Drawn July 30 (journal) aboard the M/V Hollandia, off Mt. Vesuvius, and off island of Pantellaria, southwest of Sicily.
Provenance
Iola S. Haverstick
The Michael A. and Juliet V. Rubenstein Collection
Promised gift to The Whitney Museum of American Art
Promised gift to The Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition History
Provincetown Art Association, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson, August 3–September 4, 1967.
Pratt Institute Manhattan Center, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, March 10–26, 1970.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Mt. Vesuvius and Ships, Pantellaria, 1960 (Catalogue no. 1109)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1109 (accessed on July 22, 2026).