Edward Hopper

Tugboat with Black Smokestack
1908

A painting depicting a tugboat on the water in the foreground, with an American flag prominently displayed on its stern. The background features stylized industrial buildings in warm tones of red, orange, and yellow, with a large smokestack rising above the structures. The sky is painted in light blue with brushstrokes suggesting clouds. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

A painting depicting a tugboat on the water in the foreground, with an American flag prominently displayed on its stern. The background features stylized industrial buildings in warm tones of red, orange, and yellow, with a large smokestack rising above the structures. The sky is painted in light blue with brushstrokes suggesting clouds. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1908

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 20 3/8 × 29 5/16in. (51.8 × 74.5 cm) Frame (2022): 24 7/8 × 33 11/16 × 2 5/8in. (63.2 × 85.6 × 6.7 cm)

Accession number
70.1192

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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Edward Hopper
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