Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Two Studies: Female Nude and Cat)

Verso:

(Two Studies: Woman in Profile)

c. 1900–1906

Sketchbook page showing a seated nude woman's back and a curled-up sleeping cat.
Sketchbook page showing a seated nude woman's back and a curled-up sleeping cat.
Recto
Two quick pencil sketches show different head angles of a woman on blank paper.
Verso

Not on view

Date
c. 1900–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 9 5/8 × 12 11/16 in. (24.4 × 32.2 cm)

Accession number
70.1566.47a-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/9582

Part of a series:
(159 drawings)
149 works

Seated woman in profile wearing a long skirt and patterned blouse, hands clasped in her lap.
A charcoal sketch of a standing nude man with arms slightly out and relaxed.
Sketchbook page showing a seated nude woman's back and a curled-up sleeping cat.
A standing baseball player grips a bat with legs apart, poised to swing.
A man in a historical coat and hat stands with one arm raised, looking to the side.
Young person in profile wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and white collared shirt.
A seated man wearing a cap and coat examines a bottle on a small table.
An elderly woman sits in profile wearing a white bonnet and a red shawl.
A seated woman in a striped dress and headscarf sits in profile on a small stool.
A pen drawing of sheep shears and three quick ink sketches of faces.

Edward Hopper
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