American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945

New York, New Haven and Hartford
New York, New Haven and Hartford
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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