Study of a Night Shirt

Details

Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Study of a Night Shirt
signed and dated 'EHopper Apr. 1901' (lower right)--inscribed with title (lower left)
pencil on paper
6 ¾ x 6 ¼ in. (17.1 x 15.9 cm.)
Executed in 1901.

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1977.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owners from the above.

Exhibited

New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Edward Hopper, May 11-June 8, 1977, no. 39, illustrated.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of American Art, The Alice E. and Joseph H. Davenport, Jr. Collection, April 10-June 7, 2015.

Lot Essay

In the fall of 1900, Edward Hopper enrolled in William Merritt Chase's New York School of Art, where he was particularly influenced by teachers Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. The present work is possibly an assignment for one of his classes.

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