Edward Hopper

The Locomotive
1922

A black and white etching depicting a steam locomotive emerging from under a bridge, with a man in a cap leaning out of the engine's cab and another figure standing on the platform beside the train. The scene conveys a sense of industrial era transportation with detailed shading and strong contrasts.

A black and white etching depicting a steam locomotive emerging from under a bridge, with a man in a cap leaning out of the engine's cab and another figure standing on the platform beside the train. The scene conveys a sense of industrial era transportation with detailed shading and strong contrasts.

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Date
1922

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 × 17 9/16in. (35.6 × 44.6 cm) Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8in. (20 × 25.1 cm)

Accession number
70.1039

Edition
Final state

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/7009

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