Edward Hopper, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1882–1967 Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 1/8 x 29 1/4 in. (51.1 x 74.1 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1908)
Provenance:
Frank K. M. Rehn, Inc., New York
Park Gallery, Detroit
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit
Lawrence Fleischman, Dtroit
James Goodman Gallery, Buffalo, New York to 21 November 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 November 1962-12 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
FRANK K. M. REHN GALLERY, New York. "Early Paintings by Edward Hopper," 6 January-1 February 1941, cat. p. 3.
DELAWARE ART CENTER, Wilmington. "The Fiftieth Anniversary of Independent Artists in 1910," 9 January-21 February 1960, no. 40, ill. p. 11.
JAMES GOODMAN GALLERY, Buffalo. "G Contemporary Paintings," Fall 1962, no. 27, ill. p. 7.
THE ROTUNDA, Asbury Park, NJ. "The Spell of the Sea," 2-31 May 1965, no. 59.
FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Michigan. "Realism Revisited," 2 April-29 May 1966, no. 21, p. 14.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists," 22 October-8 December 1968, no. 111, ill. p. 134.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Edward Hopper," 16 September-18 January 1981, pl. 172, p. 42.
BUNKAMURA MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, Japan. "Edward Hopper," 15 July 2000-27 August 2000, cat. no. 24. TOUR: FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM, Fukushima, Japan, 2 September-15 October; HIROSHIMA MUSEUM, Hiroshima, Japan, 21 October-26 November; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Ibaraki, Japan, 2 December 2000-14 January 2001.
U.S CAPITOL, OFFICE OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN, Washington, DC. Office Exhibition, March 2005-January 2007.
Published References:
HOPPER, EDWARD. Artist's Notebook, Book 2 (New York: Hopper Archives, Whitney Museum of American Art): p. 68, no. 74.
UNSIGNED. "The Early Roots of Edward Hopper's ARt," Art Digest 15 (15 January 1941): p. 13.
LANE, JAMES. "Early Hopper Paintings Before 1915," Art News 39/18 (1 February 1941): p. 13.
GOODRICH, LLOYD. Edward Hopper (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1964): p. 8.
AARONS, LEROY. "Sound the Hirshhorn! The Collection," The Washington DC Post Potomac, (19 March 1967), colorplate p. 16.
GOODRICH, LLOYD. Edward Hopper (New York: Abrams, 1971): p. 27.
LERNER, ABRAM. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abram,1974): p. 703, ill. 191.
GOODRICH, LLOYD. Edward Hopper (New York: Harry Abrams, Inc., 1976): p. 18.
LEVIN, GAIL. Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980): p. 153.
NEILL, PETER. On a Painted Ocean: Art of the Seven Seas (New York and London: new York University Press, 1995): ill. p. 178-9.
LEVIN, GAIL. Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonne. Volume III: Oils. (New York and London: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W. W. Norton & Company, 1995): no. O-161, pp. 92.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
