Edward Hopper

Study for New York Movie
1938 or 1939

A sketch on tan paper featuring loose, gestural lines that suggest an interior scene with furniture and possibly a figure. The drawing is dominated by vertical and horizontal strokes, with a chair-like form on the left and elongated shapes that might represent doorways or windows on the right. There's a small, more detailed sketch of a seated figure in the lower right corner. The artwork has an unfinished, spontaneous quality.

A sketch on tan paper featuring loose, gestural lines that suggest an interior scene with furniture and possibly a figure. The drawing is dominated by vertical and horizontal strokes, with a chair-like form on the left and elongated shapes that might represent doorways or windows on the right. There's a small, more detailed sketch of a seated figure in the lower right corner. The artwork has an unfinished, spontaneous quality.

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Date
1938 or 1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 7/8in. (22.2 × 27.6 cm)

Accession number
70.93

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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artworks/5285

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