Edward Hopper

(Child Seated in Man's Lap)
1906–1907

A vintage illustration of a man in a dark suit and striped hat sitting on a green chair, holding a young child dressed in white with a bonnet. The image has a warm, aged paper background, and the figures are sketched with delicate, expressive brushstrokes.
A vintage illustration of a man in a dark suit and striped hat sitting on a green chair, holding a young child dressed in white with a bonnet. The image has a warm, aged paper background, and the figures are sketched with delicate, expressive brushstrokes.

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Date
1906–1907

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper mounted on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 19 3/4 × 14 3/4in. (50.2 × 37.5 cm) Mount: 20 1/2 × 15 5/16in. (52.1 × 38.9 cm)

Accession number
70.1374

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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artworks/6932

Edward Hopper
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