Catalogue entry

Pat With Closed Eyes
Catalogue no. 869
1933
Provincetown, MA
Pencil on paper
13 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (35.2 x 23 cm)
Signed, inscribed upper right: "E W Dickinson ><"
Photo: Geoffrey Clements
Notes
Drawn in Provincetown, MA as a October 31 wedding anniversary present (journal). The "><" inscription is in semaphore and a frequent "code" between ED and FD.
Provenance
Frances Dickinson
Scharf Family Collection
Exhibition History
1976 PAAM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976, as "Pat".
1978 Wellfleet Art Gallery
Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, summer, 1978.
1993b Babcock Galleries
Babcock Galleries, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Drawings, March 5–27, 1993.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Pat With Closed Eyes, 1933 (Catalogue no. 869)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=869 (accessed on July 18, 2026).