Edward Hopper

Study for Summer in the City
1949

A sketch on tan paper depicting a figure seated on the edge of a bed in a room with a ladder to the right and tall windows casting shadows across the floor. The drawing is rendered in loose pencil strokes, suggesting an early stage of composition or a study.

A sketch on tan paper depicting a figure seated on the edge of a bed in a room with a ladder to the right and tall windows casting shadows across the floor. The drawing is rendered in loose pencil strokes, suggesting an early stage of composition or a study.

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Date
1949

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 15/16in. (21.6 × 27.8 cm)

Accession number
70.270

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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