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Cat Study

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Cat Study
Cat Study
ArtistAmerican, 1882–1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cat Study
Date1941
MediumConté crayon on paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 × 21 3/4 in. (38.1 × 55.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accession Endowment and the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2003.315
Not on view

Explore Further

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"The Cat's Meow," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 19, 2006–January 15, 2007.

"In the Company of Cats and Dogs," Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, June 22–September 21, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In pencil lower right: "Edward Hopper"

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