Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Girl on Tennis Court
Catalogue no. 148
1926
Provincetown, MA
Oil on composition board
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed, dated mid left: "E W Dickinson / 1926"
Notes
Painted in Provincetown, MA, October 27, 28, 29, 30, November 2 "fini" (journal). Memo for October
refers to it as a composition of Sheldrake Tennis Court, (journal). To HDB, May 18, 1961; ". . . oil,
green, girl with players back of her, quite bright in color, the court marked out, a tennis ball . . . " To
HDB, January 29, 1965; ". . . a girl on a tennis court. A big blonde with skirts above her knees & a carefully
painted little ball on the court, the net, trees & shaddows [sic]. She's walking toward the observer but I
guess I forgot to give her a racquet -."
Provenance
Exhibition History
Omaha, Nebraska, 1961.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1961.
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, as "Girl in Tennis Court".
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1963.
Bloomington, Indiana, 1964.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
XXXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Art, Venice, Italy, The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art: Edwin Dickinson, June 22–October 20, 1968. Traveled to: National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1968–February 2, 1969; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17, 1969.
Edwardsville, Illinois, 1969.
University of Nebraska, A.B. Sheldon. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, Selected Works from the Collection of Mrs, January 20–February 15, 1970.
Norfolk, Virginia, 1978–79.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1987–88.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, Of Time and The City: American Modernism from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, January 9, 1990–March 11, 1991. Traveled to: J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, April 1–May 27, 1990; Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, June 24–August 19, 1990; Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, September 16–November 11, 1990; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, December 9, 1990–February 3, 1991; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, March 3–April 28, 1991; Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 26–July 21, 1991; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, August 18–October 18, 1991; Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, November 10, 1991–January 5, 1992; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, January 25–March 22, 1992.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1992–93.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson In Provincetown 1912-1937, July 20–September 23, 2007.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Girl on Tennis Court, 1926 (Catalogue no. 148)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=148 (accessed on July 29, 2026).