Edward Hopper

Study for Light Battery at Gettysburg
1940

A sketch on tan paper with loose, expressive charcoal strokes depicting an abstracted scene that appears to be architectural in nature, possibly a building or structure with dynamic lines suggesting movement or chaos. The edges of the paper are slightly worn.

A sketch on tan paper with loose, expressive charcoal strokes depicting an abstracted scene that appears to be architectural in nature, possibly a building or structure with dynamic lines suggesting movement or chaos. The edges of the paper are slightly worn.

Not on view

Date
1940

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11in. (21.4 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
70.200a-b

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

API
artworks/5331

Exhibitions

Hopper Drawing

May 23–Oct 6, 2013

Edward Hopper
3,151 works in the collection

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