Edward Hopper

(Study of a Seated Woman Reading)

1899–1906

A seated woman in a long dress reading a book at a small table.

A seated woman in a long dress reading a book at a small table.

Not on view

Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 17 3/8 × 14 5/8 in. (44.1 × 37.1 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.167

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/31249

Part of a series:
(178 drawings)
177 works

Faded charcoal sketch of a shoreline with buildings and tall church spires across calm water.

A pen sketch of a bearded man reading from a paper, signed 1903.

Two pencil sketches of a nude man bending forward with one arm raised and another upside-down study.

A rough pencil sketch shows a lone robed figure standing beneath tall, shadowed trees.

Several quick pencil sketches of male figures and heads arranged across a sheet of paper.

A pencil sketch showing a satyr reclining by a river while nymphs bathe nearby, titled "Satyr and Nymphs."

A charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a short dress with one leg raised.

Multiple quick pencil sketches show human figures in varied reclining and inverted poses on folded paper.

Four rough pencil sketches showing a horse and carriage, a doorway, and a seated man.

Four-panel pencil sketch showing shadowy figures in interior scenes, one person sitting alone.

Edward Hopper
3,151 works in the collection, 68 exhibitions

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