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Edwin Walter Dickinson (1891-1978)
Lot 166

Edwin Walter Dickinson (1891-1978)

Fragment, Head and Drapery (Esther H. Sawyer)

Closed22 May 2014

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Edwin Walter Dickinson (1891-1978)
Fragment, Head and Drapery (Esther H. Sawyer)
signed 'EW Dickinson' (upper right)
oil on canvas
18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1931.

The artist.
Esther H. Sawyer, Buffalo, New York, acquired from the above.
Ansley W. Sawyer, by descent.
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1988, lot 348.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

According to the online catalogue raisonné of the artist's work, Fragment, Head and Drapery was begun in 1922 as a 25 x 30 inch composition and recorded in a 1922 photograph of Edwin Dickinson. Painting then resumed in February and March 1931, during which he concentrated on creating a harmonious relationship between the head and drapery. He later cut down the canvas to the present smaller size.

This work is no. 110 in the Edwin Dickinson catalogue raisonné available at www.edwindickinson.org.