Edward Hopper

(Study of a Sailboat Docked Offshore at Night)
1899–1906

Ink sketch of a sailboat with dark sails on rippled water, featuring a silhouette of a person at the helm. The background shows a bridge and industrial structures, with diagonal lines suggesting a stormy sky. The paper appears aged with rough edges.
Ink sketch of a sailboat with dark sails on rippled water, featuring a silhouette of a person at the helm. The background shows a bridge and industrial structures, with diagonal lines suggesting a stormy sky. The paper appears aged with rough edges.

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Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper (recto and verso)

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 1/2in. (13.8 × 16.5 cm)

Accession number
70.1561.189a-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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