Edward Hopper

Study for Stairway
1949

A charcoal sketch of a staircase leading up to a darkened doorway, with heavy shading creating a sense of depth and mystery. The rough strokes suggest an interior scene, possibly a corridor or entryway, with the light source coming from the top of the stairs or beyond the door.

A charcoal sketch of a staircase leading up to a darkened doorway, with heavy shading creating a sense of depth and mystery. The rough strokes suggest an interior scene, possibly a corridor or entryway, with the light source coming from the top of the stairs or beyond the door.

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Date
1949

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 19 1/4in. (31 × 48.9 cm)

Accession number
70.849

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/9175

Exhibitions

Hopper Drawing

May 23–Oct 6, 2013

Edward Hopper
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