Edward Hopper

Study for Cape Cod Evening
1939

A sketch on tan paper featuring architectural details of building facades, including a corner with a window and a detailed drawing of a window with ornate corbels. To the right, there's a rough outline of a streetlamp. The drawing style is loose and gestural with visible pencil strokes.

A sketch on tan paper featuring architectural details of building facades, including a corner with a window and a detailed drawing of a window with ornate corbels. To the right, there's a rough outline of a streetlamp. The drawing style is loose and gestural with visible pencil strokes.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 16in. (26.7 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
70.227

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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