Catalogue entry

Rock, Cape Poge
Catalogue no. 520
1950
Oil on masonite
12 x 14 1/2 in. (30.5 x 36.8 cm)
Signed on left: "E W Dickinson"
Dated on right: "1950"
Inscribed on top: "Cape Poge"
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II
Photo: Merrill David, Inc.
Notes
Painted on Martha's Vineyard, MA, Cape Poge, July 18 (journal) while visiting old friend Richard Parmenter.
Provenance
Katherine C. White
Joanna A. McLeod Sawyer
Benjamin Merkel
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Dietrich II
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II
Exhibition History
1951 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, 1951.
1954 American Academy & National Institute
American Academy & National Institute, New York, 1954.
1954 Stable Gallery
Stable Gallery, New York, Paintings by Edwin Dickinson, October 12–November 30, 1954.
1956 Stanford University
Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1956.
1957 Boston Arts Festival
Boston Arts Festival, Boston, 1957.
1957–58 Cornell University
Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Ithica, Edwin Dickinson, Visiting Artist: An Exhibition of Paintings, 1912-1956, December 10, 1957–January 10, 1958.
1958 Cushman Gallery
Cushman Gallery, Houston, 1958.
1959 Boston University Art Gallery
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959.
1960 World House Galleries
World House Galleries, New York, Selection of Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, 1920-1959, 1960.
1961 James Graham & Sons
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961.
1963 Cleveland
Cleveland, 1963.
1965 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
1968–69 Venice Biennial
XXXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Art, Venice, Italy, The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art: Edwin Dickinson, June 22–October 20, 1968. Traveled to: National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1968–February 2, 1969; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17, 1969.
1980–81 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Edwin Dickinson, Selected Landscapes, September 18, 1980–December 14, 1981.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Rock, Cape Poge, 1950 (Catalogue no. 520)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=520 (accessed on July 15, 2026).