Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Helen Sewing
Catalogue no. 289
1938
Sanary-sur-Mer, France
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm)
Signed, dated, inscribed on left:
"E W Dickinson / 1938 / Pansy"
Inscribed on right: "Sewing"
Inscribed on top: "SANARY"
"E W Dickinson / 1938 / Pansy"
Inscribed on right: "Sewing"
Inscribed on top: "SANARY"
Private Collection
Photo: Beth Interlandi
Notes
Painted in Sanary-sur-Mer, France, February 17 (journal), in Villa Sinaia, (rented by the Dickinsons).
"Pansy" was Helen's childhood nickname.ED remarks: "Premier coup. This picture is marked `Pansy.' Helen
was in bed in our villa in Sanary, Var." [Var is the Department of France where Sanary is].
Provenance
Helen Dickinson Baldwin
Exhibition History
HCE Gallery, New York, 1965.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Helen Sewing, 1938 (Catalogue no. 289)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=289 (accessed on July 22, 2026).