Edward Hopper

Study for Ground Swell
1939

A sketch on tan paper depicting a simple seascape with sailboats. The drawing is executed with loose, expressive lines, suggesting the movement of water and the masts of the boats. The horizon is indicated by a straight line towards the upper third of the composition, with the sky left mostly blank.

A sketch on tan paper depicting a simple seascape with sailboats. The drawing is executed with loose, expressive lines, suggesting the movement of water and the masts of the boats. The horizon is indicated by a straight line towards the upper third of the composition, with the sky left mostly blank.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

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

Accession number
70.863a-b

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

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Edward Hopper
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