Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Elsbeth Miller
Catalogue no. 149
1926
Provincetown, MA
Oil on composition board
17 3/4 x 14 in. (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Signed, dated upper left: "E W Dickinson 1926"
Signed upper right: "E W Dickinson"
Dated upper left: "1926"
Signed upper right: "E W Dickinson"
Dated upper left: "1926"
Private collection
Photo: Robert A. Baldwin
Notes
Painted in Provincetown, MA, December 27, 28, 29, 31, (journal), 46 Pearl Street. ED note: "She was
the very paintable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Miller, [a painter, 1875-1943] a very famous man in
New York, Paris and Chicago some years ago." Elsbeth died of tuberculosis, January 14, 1928 (journal).
ED at her burial in Truro, April 26, 1928 (journal). July 2, he to her grave. Often said to have been painted Christmas Day; actually panted at Christmas time.
Provenance
Helen Dickinson Baldwin
Private collection
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Frauwirth
Private collection
Exhibition History
Cushman Gallery, Houston, 1958.
Provincetown Art Association, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson, August 3–September 4, 1967.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976, as "Portrait of Miss Elsbeth Miller".
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Elsbeth Miller, 1926 (Catalogue no. 149)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=149 (accessed on July 29, 2026).