Edward Hopper

Study for Ground Swell

1939

Dark charcoal sketch showing layered, sweeping cloud-like forms across the page.
Dark charcoal sketch showing layered, sweeping cloud-like forms across the page.

Edward Hopper, Study for Ground Swell, 1939. Fabricated chalk on paper, sheet: 15 1/16 × 22 1/8 in. (38.3 × 56.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.856. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 22 1/8 in. (38.3 × 56.2 cm)

Accession number
70.856

Credit line
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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