Edward Hopper

Study for Hotel by a Railroad
1952

A sketch of a human hand holding a cigarette, with a focus on the fingers and the cigarette. The drawing is done in black on an off-white paper background, and the style is loose and expressive, capturing the gesture rather than the fine details.

A sketch of a human hand holding a cigarette, with a focus on the fingers and the cigarette. The drawing is done in black on an off-white paper background, and the style is loose and expressive, capturing the gesture rather than the fine details.

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Date
1952

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 5in. (19.2 × 12.7 cm)

Accession number
70.428

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/6385

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Hopper Drawing

May 23–Oct 6, 2013

Edward Hopper
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