Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
Chair, Skowhegan II
Catalogue no. 558
1958
Skowhegan, ME
Oil on panel
12 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (31.4 x 37.5 cm)
Dated, signed, inscribed upper left: "1958
/ E W Dickinson / Skowhegan"
/ E W Dickinson / Skowhegan"
The David and Peggy Steine Collection
Photo: Geoffrey Clements
Notes
Painted in Skowhegan, ME, June 30, July 1, 2, 9, 12, 16, 21 (journal), at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. The chair originally belonged to Henry Varnum Poor and was in sculptor Sidney Simon's studio. It disappeared from Skowhegan after 1958 and was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Goldstone with "Chair, Skowhegan I, 1956." It was sold with that painting in 1997. Letter to Mr. Goldstone from ED:". . . the chair is on a couch." [See Goldstone Collection catalogue, Brooklyn Museum, 1965, p 23.] See CR#...
Provenance
The David and Peggy Steine Collection
Exhibition History
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959.
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961.
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.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Collection of Peggy and David Steine, May 18–June 15, 1969.
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, Art Students League Benefit Sale, May 18–July 4, 1982, as "Chair, Skowhegan, 1956".
Metro Arts Downtown Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, Sitting Pretty: The Art of the Chair, September 15–November 11, 1990.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Chair, Skowhegan II, 1958 (Catalogue no. 558)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=558 (accessed on July 17, 2026).