Artist Hopper, Edward
     nationality American
     birth-death 1882-1967
Creation date 1931
Materials oil on canvas
Dimensions 32 x 50 in. 38 x 56 in. (framed)
Credit line Emma Harter Sweetser Fund
Accession number 32.177

Wall Label

The prominent track evokes Hopper's recurring themes of transience and the loneliness of the traveler.

The broad horizontals in the foreground are like a stage and could have been inspired by Hopper's frequent attendance at Broadway plays.

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country, desolate house, farm, railroad
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