Edward Hopper

(Study of a Seated Old Woman)
1899–1906

A sketch on aged paper depicting a seated figure in a voluminous dress, with the upper body and head detailed in shadow. The rest of the paper contains faint geometric shapes and lines, suggesting an unfinished study or the beginning stages of a composition.

A sketch on aged paper depicting a seated figure in a voluminous dress, with the upper body and head detailed in shadow. The rest of the paper contains faint geometric shapes and lines, suggesting an unfinished study or the beginning stages of a composition.

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Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 11 3/16in. (36.2 × 28.4 cm)

Accession number
70.1566.100

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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