Edward Hopper

Study for Morning in a City
1944

A charcoal sketch on tan paper depicting a contemplative figure seated on a bed in a sparsely furnished room with a large window casting light across the interior. The lines are expressive and loosely defined, creating an impressionistic sense of space and mood.

A charcoal sketch on tan paper depicting a contemplative figure seated on a bed in a sparsely furnished room with a large window casting light across the interior. The lines are expressive and loosely defined, creating an impressionistic sense of space and mood.

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Date
1944

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
70.205

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/5324

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