Edward Hopper

(Study after Boethus's Boy Strangling a Goose and Escutcheon Sketches)
1899–1906

A sketch on paper featuring a detailed drawing of a classical statue of a man wrestling a centaur at the top center, with various lightly sketched shapes and objects, including a shield and a trash can with a ship, scattered around the lower half of the page.
A sketch on paper featuring a detailed drawing of a classical statue of a man wrestling a centaur at the top center, with various lightly sketched shapes and objects, including a shield and a trash can with a ship, scattered around the lower half of the page.

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Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/16in. (25.2 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
70.1553.187

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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