Catalogue entry

S.S. Ilsenstein
Catalogue no. 951
1937
Pencil and charcoal on paper
11 x 13 in. (27.9 x 33 cm)
Numbered, dated, signed on bottom: "38 27 Nov. 1937 E W Dickinson"
Inscribed bottom left: "Lat 50 N / Long. 29 W"
Inscribed on left: "S/S Ilsenstein"
Inscribed top left: "plunging"
Scharf Family Collection
Photo: Geoffrey Clements
Notes
Drawn in the North Sea November 27 (journal),on board the S.S. Ilsenstein, the German freighter on which the Dickinson family sailed for Europe November 20. Drawing shows the after deck, "swells, plunging, overcast, raining." (journal). Only drawing done on the ship, to EHS [date?]
Provenance
Frances Dickinson
Scharf Family Collection
Exhibition History
1939b Passedoit Gallery
Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, Drawings, Edwin W. Dickinson, December 11– 23, 1939, as "Ship".
1947b PAA
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1947.
1959 Boston University Art Gallery
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959, as "Cluny".
1961 James Graham & Sons
James Graham & Sons, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective, February 1–March 11, 1961.
1967 U. of Washington
U. of Washington, Washington, 1967, as "Lat. 50 N Long. 29 W; S/S Ilsenstein".
1970 Cape Cod Conservatory
Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and Arts, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Paintings and Drawings by Edwin Dickinson, July 12–August 1, 1970.
1970 Bristol Art Museum
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, An Exhibition of Paintings by Edwin Dickinson, August 13–24, 1970.
1976 PAAM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, August 14–September 7, 1976.
1993b Babcock Galleries
Babcock Galleries, New York, Edwin Dickinson, Drawings, March 5–27, 1993, as "S.S. Ilenstein".
1994b Babcock Galleries
Babcock Galleries, New York, Works on Paper, March 11–13, 1994, Works on Paper.
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "S.S. Ilsenstein, 1937 (Catalogue no. 951)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=951 (accessed on July 18, 2026).