Edward Hopper

(Study of a Man in Overalls Wielding a Knife and Sketches of Heads)
1895–1899

Sketch of a person in profile walking to the left with a confident posture, wearing a peaked cap and a satchel slung over one shoulder, drawn in pencil on lined notebook paper. The page also contains several rough pencil strokes and partial sketches in the background.
Sketch of a person in profile walking to the left with a confident posture, wearing a peaked cap and a satchel slung over one shoulder, drawn in pencil on lined notebook paper. The page also contains several rough pencil strokes and partial sketches in the background.

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Date
1895–1899

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 9 7/8 × 7 13/16in. (25.1 × 19.8 cm)

Accession number
70.1553.151

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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artworks/22562

Edward Hopper
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