Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Center M.E. Church Tower
Catalogue no. 178
1929
Provincetown, MA
Oil on canvas
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed, dated on bottom: "E W Dickinson / 1927 [sic]"
Signed, dated right: "E W Dickinson 1925 [sic]"
Signed, dated right: "E W Dickinson 1925 [sic]"
G. Nicholas Beckwith III
Photo: Babcock Galleries
Notes
Painted in Provincetown, MA, November 22, 23, 24 (journal). To EHS, November 27, 1929, "It was
painted for the occasion on the top of a house (hence the position half way up the church) in low
temperature last week," and sent to EHS. The Center Methodist Episcopal Church was the largest church on Cape Cod. When built in 1860 it was thought to be the largest Methodist church in America. It is frequently painted by Provincetown artists. It became the Chrysler Art Museum in 1958, and in 1976 was established as the Provincetown Heritage Museum.
Provenance
Mrs. Ansley W. Sawyer
Private collection
G. Nicholas Beckwith III
Exhibition History
Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, Paintings by Edwin W. Dickinson, April 11–30, 1938.
HCE Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1962.
Provincetown Art Association, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Selections from the Work of Edwin Dickinson, August 3–September 4, 1967, as "Center Street Church Tower".
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976, as "Center Street Church Tower".
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, Memorial Exhibition: Edwin Dickinson, Charles Eames, Eugene Francis Savage, Edward Durell Stone, Stow Wengenroth, November 19–December 30, 1979, as "Center Street Church Tower".
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Edwin Dickinson, Selected Landscapes, September 18, 1980–December 14, 1981.
Organized by Art Dealers Association of America. Babcock Galleries, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, The Art Show, February 15–19, 1989.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Center M.E. Church Tower, 1929 (Catalogue no. 178)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=178 (accessed on July 28, 2026).