Edwin Dikinson
Old Ben and Mrs. Marks
Catalogue no. 74
1916
Provincetown, MA
Oil on composition board
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed, dated top left: "E W Dickinson `16".
Photo: Erik Borg
Notes
Painted in Provincetown, MA, Days Lumberyard Studio #2.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Society of Independent Artists, New York, 1917.
Liberal Club, New York, 1918.
Musée National du Luxembourg, Paris, 1919, as "Deux figures, Two Figures".
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.
State University College at Buffalo, Charles Burchfield Center, Buffalo, New York, Tribute Exhibition: Edwin Dickinson, September 18, 1977–November 6, 1978. Traveled to: Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, January 14–February 19, 1978; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, November 16–December 23, 1978.
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, 1891-1978, Rare Perspectives, October 29–December 20, 1986.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Old Ben and Mrs. Marks, 1916 (Catalogue no. 74)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=74 (accessed on July 28, 2026).