Monday, October 28, 2024

Edward Hopper's Sketchbooks

Here's Edward Hopper's notebook, looking like a comic book or graphic novel. This is from the Today's Inspiration Facebook group.


Hopper and his wife kept detailed notes on the paintings he’d sold or which were being bought in installment, and these are those notebooks, like ledgers almost. There's a book that reproduces them: Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Work. 

A few more samples. Via Rob Stolzer, here are some prelims for his Nighthawks painting:




 

 

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