Edward Hopper

(Study of a Building Exterior)
1900–1906

A monochromatic sketch on aged paper depicting a rough impression of a building, possibly a house or a tower, with undefined shapes suggesting trees or foliage to the left. The drawing is framed within a border, and the artwork has a textured, almost smudged appearance, giving it an ethereal and unfinished quality.

A monochromatic sketch on aged paper depicting a rough impression of a building, possibly a house or a tower, with undefined shapes suggesting trees or foliage to the left. The drawing is framed within a border, and the artwork has a textured, almost smudged appearance, giving it an ethereal and unfinished quality.

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Date
1900–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/4 × 9 1/4in. (31.1 × 23.5 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.60

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

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Edward Hopper
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