Edward Hopper

Study for City Sunlight
1954

A sketch of a seated woman with her left arm resting on her thigh and her right arm on the armrest, looking to the side. The drawing is done in a loose, expressive style with visible pencil strokes on a lightly textured paper.
A sketch of a seated woman with her left arm resting on her thigh and her right arm on the armrest, looking to the side. The drawing is done in a loose, expressive style with visible pencil strokes on a lightly textured paper.

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Date
1954

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 3/16 × 10 7/8in. (38.6 × 27.6 cm)

Accession number
70.257

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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Edward Hopper
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