Live Auction 1838Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Lot 4PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL AND SUNALLIANCE COLLECTION

Edward Hopper (1882-1967)

Study for "The City"

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Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Study for "The City"
charcoal on paper
7¼ x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm.), image size; 8½ x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.), sheet size
Executed circa 1927.

The artist, until 1967.
Jo Hopper, wife of the artist.
Reverend and Mrs. Arthayer R. Sanborn, Nyack, New York, until 1987.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987.

Specialist note

The present work is related to the oil painting The City, 1927, currently in the collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. Depicted in the work are the arched windows of a building located on Washington Square, New York, which is featured in the painting.