Edward Hopper

Recto:

Study for Ground Swell

Verso:

Study for Ground Swell

1939

A small sailboat rests on the shore with its tall sail leaning over the water.
A small sailboat rests on the shore with its tall sail leaning over the water.

Edward Hopper, Study for Ground Swell, 1939. Fabricated chalk on paper, sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 in. (21.7 × 27.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.866a-b. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto
A small sailboat rests on the shore with its tall sail leaning over the water.
Verso

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 in. (21.7 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
70.866a-b

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

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

API
artworks/9571

Edward Hopper
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