Edward Hopper

(Study of a Large Passenger Ship at Sea)
1895–1899

A vintage watercolor painting of an early 20th-century steamship with multiple masts, sailing on the ocean with a plume of smoke trailing from its funnel, set against a textured paper background.
A vintage watercolor painting of an early 20th-century steamship with multiple masts, sailing on the ocean with a plume of smoke trailing from its funnel, set against a textured paper background.

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Date
1895–1899

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper (recto); Graphite pencil on paper (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 4 3/16 × 4 7/16in. (10.6 × 11.3 cm)

Accession number
70.1558.31a-b

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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