Catalogue entry

Death Place of Hannibal and Istanbul
Catalogue no. 1114
1960
Pencil on paper
19.69 x 12.70 cm [?]
Obverse: inscribed, signed, dated, inscribed: "Gulf of Ismid
Deathplace of Hanibal. [sic] / E W Dickinson 1960 / Izmit"
Numbered at bottom: "143"
reverse: inscribed: "Istanbul 60 / etc / cobalt / lt & "off / & dk [dark] / waves?
/ waves ? / Man yellow / lt lavender / JC / another man / JC walking on the water ?
/ Constantine /[mysterious inscription, not Greek] / ANASTASIS [Resurrection]"
Signed on bottom: "E W Dickinson"
Anonymous (Copies of old images)
Notes
Obverse drawn August 11 (journal), on board the M/S Hollandia off Derenice, Turkey. Reverse drawn August 9 or 10 in Istanbul, Turkey, of a fresco or mosaic. Subject is the "Noli Me Tangere"("Do Not Touch Me,") spoken by the Resurrected Christ which ED speculated might be the Walking on the Water. Drawing #243.
Provenance
Estate
Frances Dickinson
Exhibition History
1967b PAA
Provincetown Art Association, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson, August 3–September 4, 1967, obverse.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Death Place of Hannibal and Istanbul, 1960 (Catalogue no. 1114)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1114 (accessed on July 22, 2026).