Josephine Nivison Hopper

Bertram Hartman, Painter
c. 1950s

A watercolor portrait of an intense-looking person with prominent eyes and a slightly furrowed brow. The person has short, wavy hair and is wearing a white shirt with a loosely tied necktie. To the bottom right of the portrait, there is a sketch of a sleeping cat. The painting is signed "Jo. N. Hopper" at the bottom left corner on a beige background with some age-related discoloration around the edges.
A watercolor portrait of an intense-looking person with prominent eyes and a slightly furrowed brow. The person has short, wavy hair and is wearing a white shirt with a loosely tied necktie. To the bottom right of the portrait, there is a sketch of a sleeping cat. The painting is signed "Jo. N. Hopper" at the bottom left corner on a beige background with some age-related discoloration around the edges.

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Date
c. 1950s

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 20 1/2 × 14in. (52.1 × 35.6 cm) Mount: 24 15/16 × 18 × 1/8in. (63.3 × 45.7 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
70.1216.86

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
©Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Josephine Nivison Hopper
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