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Preston Dickinson

Preston Dickinson

American, 1889

WA-00026853

New York, NY, USA

PaintingGeometric Abstraction

Representation

None documented

17

Institutional Exhibitions

21

Works in Collection

29

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ3402687 ULAN500124280

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945–1946

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Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1939

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Three Centuries of American Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1938

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American Art Portfolio

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1935

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Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934–1935

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1537
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Preston Dickinson was an American painter and printmaker working in the early modernist idiom, known for precisionist still lifes and industrial landscapes executed in oil and watercolor. Active in New York during the 1920s, he developed a distinctive approach to geometric abstraction rooted in observed reality, particularly the architecture of factories, bridges, and domestic interiors. His work bridges American Precisionism and European modernism, employing flattened planes and sharp-edged forms to distill complex spatial relationships into a formal language of clarity and restraint.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (21)

1930 · Pastel on paper, mounted on board

20 13/16 × 26 3/8 in. (52.8 × 67 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Winter Landscape, Maine

1929 · Chalk and pencil on paper

13 1/8 x 19 3/4" (33.8 x 50.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Harlem River

1928 · Oil on canvas

16 1/8 x 20 1/4" (41 x 51.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase of Flowers

1926 · Oil on canvas

30 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (76.8 × 46.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plums on a Plate

Plums on a Plate

1926 · Oil on canvas

14 x 20" (35.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life

1926 · Pastel, gouache, and pencil on paper

21 5/8 x 14" (54.9 x 41.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Quebec

1925 · oil on canvas

14 1/8 x 20 in. (36.0 x 50.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Grain Elevators, Omaha

Grain Elevators, Omaha

1924 · Ink, charcoal, pencil, and pastel on paper

20 1/8 x 14" (50.8 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Industry

1923 · oil on canvas

29 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (74.0 x 46.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Harlem River, New York

1922 · graphite, pastel (rubbed in places), and crayon, with black gouache; framing lines in graphite

Sheet: 39.9 x 56.2 cm (15 11/16 x 22 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1922 · Brush and black ink, charcoal, watercolor, and pastel on paper

23 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (58.7 × 47.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life in Interior

Still Life in Interior

1920 · Oil on canvas

71.1 × 50.8 cm (28 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life

1919 · oil on canvas

Framed: 75.5 x 91 x 5.5 cm (29 3/4 x 35 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Hills

1919 · oil on canvas

24 x 27 in. (61.0 x 68.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

1918 · charcoal (rubbed in places); framing lines in graphite

Image: 54.5 x 25.6 cm (21 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 57.2 x 29 cm (22 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Houses and Landscape

Houses and Landscape

1918 · oil on canvas

16 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (40.8 x 50.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Untitled Landscape

Untitled Landscape

1918 · oil on canvas

14 x 19 3/4 in. (35.6 x 50.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Harlem River, New York City

1910 · pen and brush and black ink and graphite

Sheet: 41.5 x 50.6 cm (16 5/16 x 19 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.1 x 53.3 cm (17 3/8 x 21 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1908 · pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, and graphite

Sheet: 41 x 49.4 cm (16 1/8 x 19 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1908 · oil on canvas

Framed: 86 x 68.5 x 5.5 cm (33 7/8 x 26 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 65.7 x 48.1 cm (25 7/8 x 18 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

pencil and pastel

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

21 published of 26 catalogued · 15 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published1 img
MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued8 img
Smithsonian
5 published5 img
The Met
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Harlem River, New York City
1910 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Harlem River, New York
1922 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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High Bridge
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Winter
1908 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Mountain Farm
1908 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Still Life
1919 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

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Still Life in Interior (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life in Interior (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements1

Geometric Abstraction

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago