A dark stairwell shows a silhouetted person kneeling beside water in a shadowy interior.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Study of a Figure Sitting on Steps)

Verso:

(Study of Men's Shoes)

c. 1900

Not on view

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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink, opaque watercolor, and charcoal on board (recto); Pen and ink, opaque watercolor, and graphite pencil on board (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 in. (17.5 × 16.5 cm)

Accession number
70.1568.3a-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/22105

Part of a series:
(4 drawings in charcoal)
4 works

A lone dark-clad figure sits on a bridge railing overlooking a shadowed arch and river.
A person kneels at the edge of dark water while another stands on nearby steps.
A man in a dark suit and cap sits in a small rowboat on a sandy shore.
A hunched person sits by a lit porch post at night with a house in the background.

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