Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Torso, Rita
Catalogue no. 324
1939
Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas
23 x 20 in. (58.4 x 50.8 cm)
Signed on top: "E W Dickinson"
Dated top left: "1939"
Dated top left: "1939"
Photo: Harlee Little
Notes
Painted in Buffalo, NY. Model was Rita Bophry, a telephone operator on strike.
Provenance
Dr. Alexander Halperin
Exhibition History
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, as "Rita".
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson, 1961–63. Traveled to: Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee, November 15, 1961; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, January 5, 1962; Chatham College, Pittsburgh, February 5, 1962; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 8, 1962; Art Center of La Jolla, La Jolla, California, June 22, 1962; Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 7, 1962; Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, October 15, 1962; Quincy Art Club, Quincy, Illinois, November 20, 1962; Telfer Academy of Arts and Science, Savannah, Georgia, January 7, 1963; Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, Delaware, February 15, 1963; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, April 2, 1963; Madison Art Association, Madison, Wisconsin, May 8, 1963.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Torso, Rita, 1939 (Catalogue no. 324)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=324 (accessed on July 24, 2026).