Edward Hopper

Study for New York Movie
1939

Sketch of two figures seated in profile, with the upper figure wearing a large hat and the lower figure reading a book, both rendered in charcoal with the artist's signature at the bottom right.
Sketch of two figures seated in profile, with the upper figure wearing a large hat and the lower figure reading a book, both rendered in charcoal with the artist's signature at the bottom right.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 1/2 × 7 3/4in. (39.4 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
70.447

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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