Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Algerie, 10,000 Tonnes
Catalogue no. 344
1939
Sheldrake, NY
Oil on canvas
13 x 24 in. (33 x 61 cm)
Signed, dated upper left: "E W Dickinson 1940" [sic]
Notes
Painted in Sheldrake, NY, July 6, 12, 15, from a postcard (journal). The "Algerie" was a French experimental cruiser seen by ED in Toulon in 1938. Signed much later than 1939 and "1939" appears on reverse in ED's hand.
Provenance
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Dietrich II
Exhibition History
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, dated 1941.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965, dated 1941.
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, Art Students League Benefit Sale, May 18–July 4, 1982, dated 1941.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Algerie, 10,000 Tonnes, 1939 (Catalogue no. 344)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=344 (accessed on July 25, 2026).