A pencil sketch shows a large warship tilting and sinking while a small ship nears.

Recto

Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Study of Two Ships in Battle, One Sinking)

Verso

(Three Studies of Ships)

1892–1895

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions

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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)

Accession number
70.1553.154a-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/22576

Part of a series:
(203 Drawings)
204 works

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