Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Shiloh
Catalogue no. 208
1932–33
Provincetown, MA
Oil on canvas
36 x 32 in. (91.4 x 81.3 cm)
Dated, signed, inscribed bottom center:
"1940 / Edwin Dickinson / Provincetown"
"1940 / Edwin Dickinson / Provincetown"
Notes
Notes: Painted in Provincetown, MA. 1932: August 29, (planning 40/50), 30 (arranging for 40/50 & painted) [original size] 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, November 20 (set up 40/50), 21 (set up 40/50), 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, December 1, 2 (adeliting 40/50), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22.
1933: January 3, 4, 5 (re-arranging , new lay figure), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, February 1, 2 (planning), 10, 11 (drapery), 12, 13, 14 (drapery), 16, 20 (drew figure), 26, 27, 28 (put it aside).
1936: July 20,
The actual battle of Shiloh began at 5:00 AM, April 6, 1862. (journal, 1935, and often noted). Signed and cut down by ED, 1940. Battle of Shiloh a unique event .........
Provenance
Exhibition History
Dunn International, 1963.
Bayonne, New Jersey, 1964.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Between the Fairs [?], 1964.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965, as "Shiloh, c. 1931".
Lawrence, Kansas, 1966–67.
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.
Philadelphia, 1976.
Montgomery, Alabama, 1979.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Shiloh, 1932–33 (Catalogue no. 208)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=208 (accessed on July 27, 2026).