Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Great Boulder, Brewster
Catalogue no. 408
1941
Brewster, MA
Oil on canvas
10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
Signed on right: "E W Dickinson"
Inscribed lower left: "Brewster"
Inscribed lower left: "Brewster"
Notes
Painted in Brewster, MA, July 21 (journal). Subject is an erratic boulder, a rock left by the receding
glacier after the Ice Age. There are many on Cape Cod and ED was fascinated by them.
Provenance
Dr. Grace Baker
Exhibition History
Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, Paintings, Edwin Dickinson, March 9–28, 1942, as "Rock at Brewster".
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959, as "Rock, Brewster. Massachusetts".
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, as "Boulder, Foster's Landing".
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976, as "Boulder, Foster's Landing".
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Great Boulder, Brewster, 1941 (Catalogue no. 408)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=408 (accessed on July 24, 2026).