Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
View from Dos' Window
Catalogue no. 918
1936
Provincetown, MA
Pencil on paper
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm)
Inscribed, signed, dated on left:
"1947 John Francis from E W Dickinson 1936"
"1947 John Francis from E W Dickinson 1936"
Photo: Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Notes
Drawn in Provincetown, MA, January 25, from upstairs window of houseof Mr. & Mrs. John Dos
Passos, formerly the house of the Smooleys. In 1932 the Dickinsons lived in an apartment owned by J. Francis. In 1947, being still in arrears on the rent, ED gave John Francis this drawing of 1936, which was inherited by his sister.
Provenance
John Francis
Exhibition History
Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, Drawings: Edwin W. Dickinson, February 3–18, 1936, as "View through Cottage, 1941".
Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and Arts, Barnstable, Massachusetts, An Exhibition by Edwin Dickinson, May 19–?, 1974.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Permanent Collection, [summer], 1984.
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, Crosscurrents: An Exchange Between Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, June 22–July 27, 1986.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Artist's Eye II, July 26–August 20, 1991.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Artist's Eye: Winter, February 1–March 1, 1992.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson In Provincetown 1912-1937, July 20–September 23, 2007.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "View from Dos' Window, 1936 (Catalogue no. 918)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=918 (accessed on July 22, 2026).