Edward Hopper

Recto:

Study for Ground Swell

Verso:

(No title)

1939

A simple charcoal sketch of a small sailboat resting on calm water near shore.
A simple charcoal sketch of a small sailboat resting on calm water near shore.

Edward Hopper, Study for Ground Swell, 1939. Fabricated chalk on paper, sheet (Irregular): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.864a-b. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto
Two large rectangles drawn on paper, left blank and right filled with pencil scribbles and lines.
Verso

Not on view

Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
70.864a-b

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/8792

Edward Hopper
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