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Title Sheet of Studies
Artist Edward Hopper
Markings Unsigned
Medium Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" (17 3/4" x 14 1/8", framed)
Provenance The artist, until 1967; to his widow, Jo Hopper, until 1968;
to private collection, until the present
Authenticity Guaranteed by Hirschl & Adler Galleries
21 East 70th St., New York, NY 10021
Commentary Hopper has the ability to capture the essential elements of human pose and dress in a lively, shorthand manner. In this free and fluid sketch, which was executed from his imagination, he explores certain details of various anonymous figure groups. This sheet is suggestive of crowded city streets of New York where people are generalized and undifferentiated in a harsh, impersonal world. They represent clichés of humanity reduced to colliding near-abstract shapes, yet each is redolent of human form, evoking a conventional ambience of human activity. Hopper emphasizes gestures and poses rather than faces or expressions. The figures are engendered with a dynamic, which proclaims their personhood, if not their individuality. The ten figures, mostly well-dressed women in thru-of-century headdress, are docily oriented in different directions. His interest in recording urban life links Hopper to various members of "the Eight," such as Robert Henri, George Luks, and William Glackens. However, Hopper differs from them in choosing not to follow their lead in depicting the seamier side of city life. RPM
Price $18,000.00
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Thurston Royce features sketches, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and limited edition prints from artists such as Bertoia, Bluemner, Dali, Feng, Ferjo, Hopper, Hughes, Kostabi, Magritte, and Ringgold
 
 
 
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