An elderly woman stands with hands clasped, wearing a dark hat and shawl.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Study of an Old Woman in Shawl, Glasses and Hat)

Verso

(Sketches of Man with Wild Hair, Woman in Profile, Hands, and Shoe)

1899–1906

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and opaque watercolor on paper (recto); Graphite pencil on paper (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 7 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (18.6 × 28.7 cm)

Accession number
70.1553.100a-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/22341

Part of a series:
(203 Drawings)
204 works

Multiple ink sketches show human faces, hat-wearing figures, and two horses, one running.
Multiple small ink sketches including a large male profile, two standing figures, trees, and houses.
An elderly woman in a hat and shawl stands with clasped hands in a pencil sketch.
Multiple pencil sketches showing a standing bearded man holding a cup and other figure studies.
A hooded figure in a long robe stands with folded arms and bare feet in a pen sketch.
Several quick ink sketches of soldiers in tall hats and assorted hat and boot studies.
A steam-powered wagon with driver and worker, horses pulling and smoke rising from the boiler.
Several pen sketches of small boats and masts arranged on a blank sheet.
Multiple ink sketches showing a large male profile and several smaller head and figure studies.
Several quick ink sketches showing a person rowing a boat, a running figure, a horse, and a woman standing.

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