Edwin Dikinson
Catalogue entry
South Wellfleet Inn
Catalogue no. 992
1939
South Wellfleet, MA
Pencil on paper
8 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (21.9 x 30.2 cm)
Inscribed, dated, signed on bottom: "South Wellfleet 1939 E W Dickinson"
Photo: Waddell Art Gallery
Notes
Drawn in South Wellfleet, MA, November 13, 15, of old South Wellfleet Inn. The Inn burned in winter 1939, and the round turret window was salvaged and placed in the south peak of the
Dickinson house by December 21 (journal). This drawing inspired the large painting "South Wellfleet Inn,"
CR# begun in 1955. Journal June 2, 1955 "So. Wellfleet Inn came back fr 1 yr Smithsonian tour".
Pl. 32, Goodrich, "Drawings of Edwin Dickinson."
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell
Exhibition History
Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, Recent Paintings and Drawings by Edwin W. Dickinson, April 10–29, 1939.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1946.
Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Edwin Dickinson, Paintings, July 14–August ? 1947.
American Academy Arts & Letters, New York, 1953.
Atlanta University, 1959.
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Edwin Dickinson, Retrospective Exhibition, March 7–April 4, 1959.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective, October 20–November 28, 1965.
Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "South Wellfleet Inn, 1939 (Catalogue no. 992)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=992 (accessed on July 15, 2026).