LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

34.49 in. (87.60 cm.) (height) by 59.57 in. (151.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Edward Hopper', l.r.

Exhibited:

New York, Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, Exhibition by Edward Hopper, January 21-February 2, 1929. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans, December 3, 1929-January 13, 1930. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition, November 1-December 7, 1933, no. 10. Chicago, Illinois, Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings by Edward Hopper, January 2-16, 1934. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper, March 11-April 25, 1937. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper Retrospective Exhibition, February 11-March 26, 1950. Venice, Italy, The American Pavilion, XXVI Venice Biennial, June 14-October 19, 1952. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper, September 29-November 29, 1964. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist, September 23, 1980-January 13, 1981. Poughkeepsie, New York, Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, on extended loan, 1987-2001. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Edward Hopper: Light Years, October 1-November 12, 1988, no. 15. Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, and elsewhere, Edward Hopper, May 6-August 19, 2007. Madrid, Spain, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, and elsewhere, Hopper, June 12-September 16, 2012.

Literature:

Artist's ledger: Book I, 1913-63, p. 57. Artist's ledger: Book II, 1907-62, p. 35. R. Cortissoz, "Examples of French and American Art: Two Americans," The New York Herald Tribune, January 27, 1929, section 7, p. 10. "Edward Hopper: Rehn Galleries," Art News, 27, January 26, 1929, p. 11. "Hopper Interprets America," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 20, 1929, p. E7. Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, Exhibition by Edward Hopper, exhibition checklist, New York, 1929, no. 3. The Museum of Modern Art, Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1929, n.p., no. 34. G. Pène du Bois, Edward Hopper: American Artists Series, New York, 1931, p. 31, illustrated. A.H. Barr, Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1933, p. 26, no. 10, illustrated. "Edward Hopper: His Flair for the Pictorial Interpretations of the Spirit of Place," The New York Herald Tribune, November 5, 1933, section 5, p. 10. The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings by Edward Hopper, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1934, n.p., illustrated. J. O'Connor, Jr., An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper, exhibition catalogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1937, n.p., no. 34. American Artists Group, Edward Hopper, New York, 1945, n.p., illustrated. L. Goodrich, Edward Hopper Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1950, p. 54, no. 26. XXVI Venice Biennial, exhibition catalogue, 1952, n.p., no. 18. A.B. Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, New York, 1958, p. 266. L. Goodrich, Edward Hopper, exhibition catalogue, 1964, p. 64, no. 15. L. Goodrich, Edward Hopper, New York, 1971, p. 203, illustrated. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist, exhibition catalogue, 1980, pp. 33, 46, pl. 245, illustrated. R. Paulson, "Edward Hopper and Some Precursors," Bennington Review, December 1980, p. 65. G. Levin, Edward Hopper 1882-1967: Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Munich, Germany, 1981. L. Cooke, "Edward Hopper Exhibit," P.S., January 14, 1981, p. 20. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Edward Hopper: Das Frühwerk, exhibition catalogue, Münster, Germany, 1981, p. 42. G. Levin, Hopper's Places, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 19. P. Schjeldahl, Edward Hopper: Light Years, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1988, pp. 22, 25, no. 15, illustrated. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, New York, 1995, pp. 217-18. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1995, vol. III, pp. 186-87, no. O-263, illustrated. G. Levin, The Complete Oil Paintings of Edward Hopper, New York, 2001, pp. 186-87, no. O-263, illustrated. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, New York, 2007, pp. 217-18, 699, 773, illustrated. C. Troyen, et al., Edward Hopper, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007, pp. 43, 124-25, no. 61, illustrated. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, Updated and Expanded Version, New York, 2007, pp. 217-18, 699, no. 38, illustrated. D. Ottinger, T. Llorens, C. Hancock, Hopper, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2012, pp. 185, 319, 362, illustrated.

Provenance:

The artist. [With]Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York. William G. Russell Allen, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1929. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, New Haven, Connecticut, gift from the above, 1950. Private collection, 1980. Sotheby's, New York, Private Sale, circa 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.