Edward Hopper

Recto:

(Sketches of Heads and Figures)

Verso:

(Sketches of Fencer, Men's Heads and Hilly Landscape)

1899–1906

Several quick pencil sketches show different male heads, a seated figure, and a standing man.
Several quick pencil sketches show different male heads, a seated figure, and a standing man.
Recto
Several small pencil sketches on paper including framed thumbnails and a standing bearded figure.
Verso

Not on view

Date
1899–1906

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (31.1 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
70.1560.92a-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/9945

Part of a series:
(178 drawings)
177 works

Faded charcoal sketch of a shoreline with buildings and tall church spires across calm water.
A pen sketch of a bearded man reading from a paper, signed 1903.
Two pencil sketches of a nude man bending forward with one arm raised and another upside-down study.
A rough pencil sketch shows a lone robed figure standing beneath tall, shadowed trees.
Several quick pencil sketches of male figures and heads arranged across a sheet of paper.
A pencil sketch showing a satyr reclining by a river while nymphs bathe nearby, titled "Satyr and Nymphs."
A charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a short dress with one leg raised.
Multiple quick pencil sketches show human figures in varied reclining and inverted poses on folded paper.
Four rough pencil sketches showing a horse and carriage, a doorway, and a seated man.
Four-panel pencil sketch showing shadowy figures in interior scenes, one person sitting alone.


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