Edward Hopper

Recto:

Merry Christmas

Verso:

(No title)

1895–1899

Santa points to a "Merry Christmas" banner while a sack of toys sits nearby.
Santa points to a "Merry Christmas" banner while a sack of toys sits nearby.
Recto
Faded sketch of a cartoon character and smudges on rounded-corner aged paper with handwritten number.
Verso

Not on view

Date
1895–1899

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper (recto); Graphite pencil on paper (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (14.3 × 21 cm)

Accession number
70.1559.82a-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/9834

Part of a series:
(103 drawings)
103 works

A tall bearded man in a long coat and bowler hat walking past smaller head sketches.
Pen sketches show three men and a seated couple in loose expressive lines on aged paper.
Several ink sketches of women’s heads and hats drawn on aged lined paper.
A person in boots holding a struggling dog above shallow water.
A man in a cap walks with a stick across lined paper, with a separate head sketch above.
Two ink sketches of women, one seated at a small table with a drink and one standing.
A tall, mustached man in a suit stands with hands in pockets, smoking a cigarette.
A man in a long coat stands with one hand tucked into his waist and holding a top hat.
A pen sketch of a man standing with one hand on his hip wearing a shirt marked P.
A sketch of a man wearing a hat and suspenders, standing with hands on hips.

Edward Hopper
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