A kneeling figure reaches with one hand toward a lighter square on a dark wall.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Study of a Man Begging)

Verso

(Study of Woman Bending Over)

1900–1906

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 9 9/16 × 6 3/16 in. (24.3 × 15.7 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.50a-b

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/10121

Part of a series:
(178 drawings)
177 works

Faded charcoal sketch of a shoreline with buildings and tall church spires across calm water.
A pen sketch of a bearded man reading from a paper, signed 1903.
Two pencil sketches of a nude man bending forward with one arm raised and another upside-down study.
A rough pencil sketch shows a lone robed figure standing beneath tall, shadowed trees.
Several quick pencil sketches of male figures and heads arranged across a sheet of paper.
A pencil sketch showing a satyr reclining by a river while nymphs bathe nearby, titled "Satyr and Nymphs."
A charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a short dress with one leg raised.
Multiple quick pencil sketches show human figures in varied reclining and inverted poses on folded paper.
Four rough pencil sketches showing a horse and carriage, a doorway, and a seated man.
Four-panel pencil sketch showing shadowy figures in interior scenes, one person sitting alone.

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