Edward Hopper

Study for Summer in the City

1949

Sketch of a room with a figure seated on a bed, with open doorways leading to other rooms in the background. The drawing is rendered in pencil with expressive lines and shading on tan paper.

Sketch of a room with a figure seated on a bed, with open doorways leading to other rooms in the background. The drawing is rendered in pencil with expressive lines and shading on tan paper.

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Date
1949

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

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

Accession number
70.269

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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