The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Mountain Farm

c. 1915

Preston Dickinson

(American, 1891–1930)
America
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.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1949.1774
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Early in his career, Preston Dickinson peddled socks door-to-door in order to supplement his meager income.

Description

According to the title of a closely related painting that Preston Dickinson made, Mountain Farm was inspired by the Catskill region in southeastern New York State. The artist's abstracted, highly geometric composition features several objects and natural forms—including houses, hills, and spidery trees—arranged among rectangular and wedged-shaped areas of the canvas.
  • (Daniel Gallery, New York); Edith Denniston; (Kraushaar Art Galleries, bought by the Museum, 1949).
  • Frankfurter, Alfred M. "O Pioneers!" Art News. 45:2 (April 1946): Reproduced: p. 35
    Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 64
  • Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art (24 January - 9 April 1989).
    Preston Dickinson, 1889-1930. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE (organizer) (September 4-October 7, 1979); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (December 18, 1979-February 24, 1980); University Art Museum of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (March 8-April 13, 1980); Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO (May 13-June 10, 1980); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (July 13-August 10, 1980).
    Lincoln, NE, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Preston Dickinson 1889-1930 (4 September - 7 October 1979), cat. no. 9, p. 20; traveled to New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art (18 December 1979 - 24 February 1980); Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Art Museum (8 March - 13 April 1980); Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (18 May - 10 June 1980); Athens, GA, Georgia Museum of Art (13 July - 10 August 1980).
    New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Decade of the Armory Show (27 February - 14 April 1963), cat. no. 29; traveled to St. Louis, MO, City Art Museum of St. Louis (1 June - 14 July 1963); Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art (6 August - 15 September 1963); Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (30 September - 30 October 1963); Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago (15 November - 29 December 1963); Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Gallery (20 January - 23 February 1964).
    MI, Michigan State University, American Art from 1900 to Present (18 June - 28 July 1960).
    1959 January Show. Kingwood Center Gardens, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (January 11-31, 1959).
    Mansfield, OH, Kingwood Center, January Show (11-31 January 1959).
    New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, Pioneers of Modern Art in America (9 March - 19 May 1946), no. 32, p. 21, ill. (no page)
  • {{cite web|title=Mountain Farm|url=false|author=Preston Dickinson|year=c. 1915|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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