Edward Hopper

(Six Sketches of Ship Scenes: Steerage, Hurricane Deck, Mid Ocean, The Stoke Hole, Stateroom, and Loading)
1892–1895

Sketches on a beige paper depicting various scenes related to maritime travel, including a ship's deck, steerage quarters, a loading dock, a ship at sea labeled "Mid Ocean," a scattered lifeboat, and a stoke hole with a figure shoveling coal. The drawings are rendered in pencil with annotations identifying each scene.
Sketches on a beige paper depicting various scenes related to maritime travel, including a ship's deck, steerage quarters, a loading dock, a ship at sea labeled "Mid Ocean," a scattered lifeboat, and a stoke hole with a figure shoveling coal. The drawings are rendered in pencil with annotations identifying each scene.

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Date
1892–1895

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)

Accession number
70.1557.2

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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