Edward Hopper

Study for Cape Cod Evening
1939

A sketch on a piece of aged, yellowish paper featuring multiple rough drawings of fox heads with annotations indicating different shades such as "darker" and "white." The sketches are done in pencil with dynamic strokes, capturing various expressions and angles of the fox faces.

A sketch on a piece of aged, yellowish paper featuring multiple rough drawings of fox heads with annotations indicating different shades such as "darker" and "white." The sketches are done in pencil with dynamic strokes, capturing various expressions and angles of the fox faces.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 8 1/2 × 5 9/16in. (21.6 × 14.1 cm)

Accession number
70.163

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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