Two pencil figure studies of a nude man bending forward with one arm raised.

Recto

Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Bending Male Nude, Rear View, and Reclining Male Nude, Rear View)

Verso

(Sketches of Men's and Women's Heads and Figures)

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: 11 × 15 1/8 in. (27.9 × 38.4 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.41a-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/10169

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.

Exhibitions

The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

June 28, 2019–May 1, 2025