Edward Hopper

Study for New York Office
1962

A sepia-toned sketch on paper depicting an architectural detail of a building with a prominent window. A figure is seated at the window ledge, possibly reading, with another figure reclined beside them. The drawing features heavy shading and perspective lines, suggesting an unfinished study or a conceptual design.

A sepia-toned sketch on paper depicting an architectural detail of a building with a prominent window. A figure is seated at the window ledge, possibly reading, with another figure reclined beside them. The drawing features heavy shading and perspective lines, suggesting an unfinished study or a conceptual design.

Not on view

Date
1962

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 8 7/16 × 10 7/8in. (21.4 × 27.6 cm)

Accession number
70.822

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/6805

Exhibitions

Edward Hopper’s New York

Oct 19, 2022–Mar 5, 2023

Edward Hopper
3,151 works in the collection

View artist