Catalogue entry

Dr. Charles A. Gordon
Catalogue no. 527
1951–52
New York, NY
Oil on canvas
31 x 26 in. (78.7 x 66 cm)
Dated, signed upper left: "1952 E W Dickinson"
Medical Society of the County of Kings and the Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn
Anonymous (Copies of old images)
Notes

Notes: Painted in New York, NY; April 30, saw John Gordon at Brooklyn Museum who wants him to do a portrait of his father; May 10, agrees to paint Dr. Gordon in the fall, If not acceptable will get $20 for each sitting, if acceptable, $1000. October 8 called Dr. Gordon, 9, to Kings County Medical Society to see portraits; begins October 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, November 5, 6, 9, 12, 13,

1952: January 21, 22, 23, 24 "(background)", 28 "drapery", 29, 30, February 4, 5, 6, 7, (journal), on commission from the Kings County Medical Society. April 24, "on Gordon portrait again, 25, 28, May 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23 "Gregory took photos of Dr. Gordon & of me."November 7 "Call on Dr. Gordon in Brooklyn, good."

Provenance
Medical Society of the County of Kings and the Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn
Exhibition History
1965 Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Dr. Charles A. Gordon, 1951–52 (Catalogue no. 527)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=527 (accessed on July 15, 2026).