Two acrobats in vintage stage costumes stand side by side on a striped stage.

Edward Hopper

(Study of Two Acrobats)

c. 1898–1899

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/9419

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 4 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (12.4 × 20 cm)

Accession number
70.1553.21

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/9419

Part of a series:
(203 Drawings)
204 works

Multiple ink sketches show human faces, hat-wearing figures, and two horses, one running.
Multiple small ink sketches including a large male profile, two standing figures, trees, and houses.
An elderly woman in a hat and shawl stands with clasped hands in a pencil sketch.
Multiple pencil sketches showing a standing bearded man holding a cup and other figure studies.
A hooded figure in a long robe stands with folded arms and bare feet in a pen sketch.
Several quick ink sketches of soldiers in tall hats and assorted hat and boot studies.
A steam-powered wagon with driver and worker, horses pulling and smoke rising from the boiler.
Several pen sketches of small boats and masts arranged on a blank sheet.
Multiple ink sketches showing a large male profile and several smaller head and figure studies.
Several quick ink sketches showing a person rowing a boat, a running figure, a horse, and a woman standing.

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