Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Study of a Cityscape)

Verso:

(Study of Three Seated Women)

1900–1906

Pencil sketch of an open window showing a rooftop chimney and distant building on lined paper.
Pencil sketch of an open window showing a rooftop chimney and distant building on lined paper.
Recto
Three loosely sketched seated figures grouped together inside a framed rectangular panel.
Verso

Not on view

Date
1900–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.85a-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/10122

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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