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Preston Dickinson

Preston Dickinson

1889

WA-00112940

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8

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

8

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3

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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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

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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932–1933

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A Brief Survey of Modern Painting

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932

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Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932

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Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

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Paintings by 19 Living Americans

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1929–1930

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1966.78.3
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

Why this artist matters now

William Preston Dickinson was an American modern artist, best known for his paintings of industrial subjects in the Precisionist style.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (7)

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

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

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

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 · 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

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

pencil and pastel

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (1)

7 published of 7 catalogued · 1 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Mountain Farm
1908 · 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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Harlem River, New York City
1910 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Still Life
1919 · 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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