Edward Hopper

The Sleeper Wakes

1895–1899

Several quick ink sketches show faces and a standing figure, with handwritten words "The sleeper wakes."
Several quick ink sketches show faces and a standing figure, with handwritten words "The sleeper wakes."

Edward Hopper, The Sleeper Wakes, 1895–1899. Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 12.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1605.94. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1895–1899

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 12.7 cm)

Accession number
70.1605.94

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/31611



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