Brown watercolor and pencil sketch of a bridled horse head on aged paper.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Study of a Horse's Head)

Verso:

(Study of Firemen with Cannon)

1895–1899

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
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Classification
Drawings

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

Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 11/16 in. (9 × 9.4 cm)

Accession number
70.1558.48a-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/31321

Part of a series:
(100 drawings)
99 works

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A woman sketched twice in ink, showing a close-up portrait and a full-length figure wearing a hat.
A sailor sits on deck with his face in his hands and text reads "Water, water everywhere."
Woman in a red sketch striking a leaning dance pose surrounded by swirling lines, captioned "Dancing Egyptian."
Two pencil profile sketches of men wearing hats, the right figure labeled "Pierre".
A pencil sketch of a monkey gripping and hanging from a vertical rope, with nearby head sketches.
Rough pencil sketch of a bearded man's profile labeled "JUDAS" among abstract figures and a cross.
A cowboy wearing a wide hat and bandolier stands in the desert pointing two pistols forward.
A sketch of a brown horse head wearing a bridle and lead rope.

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