Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Carol Wolf
Catalogue no. 449
1942–43
Wellfleet, MA
Oil on canvas
22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm)
Inscribed, signed, dated on right: "Wellfleet / E W Dickinson / 1942"
Inscribed on left: "Carol Wolf"
Inscribed on left: "Carol Wolf"
Mr. & Mrs. Simon Nemzow
Notes
Painted in Wellfleet, MA; November 21, Carol at studio, "shall do a portrait of her for $150=." On
23rd stretched a 26/22 for it, began painting 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, December 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 29, January
22, 23, (journal) Painting was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Benjamin Wolf, but was left unfinished because Carol was away a great deal and lost interest in it.
Provenance
Artist
Private collection
Mr. & Mrs. Simon Nemzow
Exhibition History
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Peale Galleries, Philadelphia, Paintings by Edwin Dickinson, April 21–May 29, 1966, as "Carol Wolfe".
Pratt Institute Manhattan Center, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, March 10–26, 1970.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976.
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, Art Students League Benefit Sale, May 18–July 4, 1982, dated 1942.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Carol Wolf, 1942–43 (Catalogue no. 449)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=449 (accessed on July 21, 2026).