Nude woman standing on a small stool and leaning against a vertical pole in a red chalk sketch.

Edward Hopper

(Standing Female Nude Holding Staff, Rear View and Sketch of Anatomical Torso)

1900–1906

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions

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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (31.6 × 24.3 cm)

Accession number
70.1565.21

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/31662

Part of a series:
(78 drawings)
68 works

Standing male nude sketch from behind with hands on hips, drawn in reddish chalk.

Several ink sketches of heads, hands, and facial expressions scattered across a blank page.

Charcoal sketches showing two legs, a bearded head, and a bent arm on a sheet of paper.

Seated bearded classical figure sketch holding a book while entwining his long beard.

Hand-lettered title "Darts of Cupid" and a philosophical paragraph surrounded by scattered ink figure sketches.

Pencil perspective sketches and small figure studies with the caption "Balanced Composition" at bottom right.

Man in a coat stands playing a piano while several quick head and figure sketches surround him.

Several ink figure sketches show nude models in varied seated, standing, and reclining poses on paper.

Pencil sketch of a standing person holding a long pole across their shoulders, wearing apron and loose pants.

Standing male anatomical sketch showing muscle structure with one arm raised toward the head.