Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Study of Egyptian Tablet with Hieroglyphics

Verso:

(Sketches of Egyptian Figures and Pyramid)

1892–1895

Two seated figures in a small carved room with hieroglyph-like symbols on the walls.

Two seated figures in a small carved room with hieroglyph-like symbols on the walls.

Two simple line drawings of Egyptian figures holding staffs and a seated figure reading.

Verso

Not on view

Date
1892–1895

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper (recto and verso)

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)

Accession number
70.1562.73a-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/22089

Part of a series:
(102 drawings)
102 works

Several quick ink sketches of people wearing hats arranged on lined notebook paper.

Various ink sketches of human figures, including a standing shirtless muscular man and several heads.

A man in a sleeveless shirt squats while raising his hands as if exercising.

A charcoal sketch of a man sitting sideways on a high stool with legs crossed.

Multiple ink sketches of men wearing tall hats, including one standing and gesturing.

A pencil sketch of a train approaching on tracks with a small figure holding a balloon nearby.

Several quick ink sketches showing hat designs and two men crouching or moving forward.

Several quick ink sketches of men, including a central man leaning forward with hand on table.

Edward Hopper
3,151 works in the collection, 68 exhibitions

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