Edward Hopper

Study for Blackwell's Island

1928

A charcoal skyline sketch of a riverside industrial row of buildings with chimneys.
A charcoal skyline sketch of a riverside industrial row of buildings with chimneys.

Edward Hopper, Study for Blackwell's Island, 1928. Fabricated chalk on paper, sheet: 10 × 13 15/16 in. (25.4 × 35.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.454. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 13 15/16 in. (25.4 × 35.4 cm)

Accession number
70.454

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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