Artist
Preston Dickinson American, 1891–1930
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Industry
Datec. 1924
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil, watercolor, chalk, and graphite on laid paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 15 11/16 × 22 5/16 in. (39.8 × 56.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number76.318
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Preston Dickinson (1891–1930)," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 4–October 7, 1979; Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The University of New Mexico Museum of Art, Albuquerque; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
"Making Modern America," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 10–May 26, 2019.
"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left corner in pencil: PRESTON DICKINSON
Verso: Watermark, bottom right: PL BVS [“V” upside-down]
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