Edward Hopper

The Railroad

1922

A lone man stands by a dark embankment near railroad tracks and leaning telegraph poles.
A lone man stands by a dark embankment near railroad tracks and leaning telegraph poles.

Edward Hopper, The Railroad, 1922. Etching, sheet (Irregular): 12 15/16 × 15 3/8 in. (32.9 × 39.1 cm) Plate: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1049. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1922

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 15/16 × 15 3/8 in. (32.9 × 39.1 cm) Plate: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 24.9 cm)

Accession number
70.1049

Edition
Final state

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/7015





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