Catalogue entry

Self Portrait with Shadow
Catalogue no. 517
1950
New York, NY
Oil on canvas
11 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (29.2 x 24.4 cm)
No inscriptions
Private collection
Photo: Harlee Little
Notes

Notes: Painted in New York, NY, as part of a large nude self portrait (43x33") which included still life. January 26, "stretched 43 1/2 x 33 1/4 for Menkes' frame, February 1, "Rigged gear for 43/33, 2 "Began head of self for a composition 43 1/2 x 33 1/4", continued 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 21, 22 "began color", 23, 24, 27, 28, March 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30; April 5 moved to studio at 2 Columbus Circle, set up painting gear, and began torso; continued 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 "began L. side of torso.", 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 30, boxed 43/33 for Wellfleet; June 20 got "2 beautiful porcelin [sic] pieces for still life for the 43/33 from Mary Frazier."; June 24"drawing Father's blue pitcher at R."; painted 28, July 7 on still life, 8, 11, 12, 13, August 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 30, 31.

1951: April 11 "Took still life blue & white pitcher from self-portrait 43-33 of last year (destroyed) to the Academy for my academician's diploma."

The head is presented as though a shingle were blowing across the face in a high wind. The hands were also saved but are lost.

Provenance
Dr. Alexander Halperin
Estate
Private collection
Exhibition History
1961 James Graham & Sons
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961, dated 1947.
1961–63 MoMA
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.
1965 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965, dated 1947.
1976 PAAM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976, dated 1947.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Self Portrait with Shadow, 1950 (Catalogue no. 517)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=517 (accessed on July 15, 2026).