Catalogue entry

Lion
Catalogue no. 1140
1964
New York, NY
Pencil on paper
8 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (22.5 x 29.2 cm)
Dated, signed on left: "1964 E W Dickinson"
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Friends of The Department Gifts and Matching Funds from The National Endowment for the Arts, 1978
Notes
Drawn in New York, NY, January 24, 27, 29, 31 (journal) at Metropolitan Museum of Art, from an Attic [ca. 530-510 B.C.E.] pediment fragment of a lion attacking a bull. To Tibi, January 31, 1964: ". . . shall set out soon for the Met'n Museum where I'm making a drawing from the antique, a lion devouring a bull - a gay piece - the bull prone eyes open couldn't appear to care less - "
Provenance
Frances Dickinson
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition History
1964 Far Gallery
Far Gallery, New York, 1964.
1966 San Francisco
San Francisco, 1966.
196? MOMA Lending Service. date?
MOMA Lending Service. date?, 196?.
1970 Cape Cod Conservatory
Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and Arts, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, July 12–August 1, 1970.
1970 Bristol Art Museum
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, An Exhibition of Paintings by Edwin Dickinson, August 13–24, 1970.
1982b NAD
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, Art Students League Benefit Sale, May 18–July 4, 1982.
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Lion, 1964 (Catalogue no. 1140)
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Lion, 1964 (Catalogue no. 1140)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1140 (accessed on July 23, 2026).