Edward Hopper

(Study of a Cemetery with Buildings and Figures)
c. 1900

A watercolor painting depicting a scene with several figures in a cemetery. The foreground shows numerous tombstones in disarray, while the background features a building with an arched entrance and people gathered by a railing. The artwork has a muted color palette, with prominent use of browns and grays, and shows signs of age with tattered edges and spots on the paper.

A watercolor painting depicting a scene with several figures in a cemetery. The foreground shows numerous tombstones in disarray, while the background features a building with an arched entrance and people gathered by a railing. The artwork has a muted color palette, with prominent use of browns and grays, and shows signs of age with tattered edges and spots on the paper.

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Date
c. 1900

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink, opaque watercolor, and graphite on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 7/8 × 11in. (37.8 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
70.1630

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

API
artworks/9822

Edward Hopper
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