Edward Hopper

(Two Studies of Landscape Compositions with Monument Atop Hill)

1899–1906

A sketch on aged paper featuring two separate landscape scenes. The upper sketch is rough and less detailed, depicting a hill with sparse vegetation and a structure on top. The lower sketch is more defined, showing a dramatic landscape with a prominent building atop a hill, possibly a tower or temple, with trees and a body of water in the foreground. The sketches are rendered in pencil with shading and some dark accents.
A sketch on aged paper featuring two separate landscape scenes. The upper sketch is rough and less detailed, depicting a hill with sparse vegetation and a structure on top. The lower sketch is more defined, showing a dramatic landscape with a prominent building atop a hill, possibly a tower or temple, with trees and a body of water in the foreground. The sketches are rendered in pencil with shading and some dark accents.

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Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 5/8 × 9 15/16in. (32.1 × 25.2 cm)

Accession number
70.1563.102a-b

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

API
artworks/14516

Edward Hopper
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