Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
32-1/4 x 40-3/4 in. (canvas) 40-1/2 x 48-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed in yellow ochre paint at lower left: EDWARD HOPPER
Accession Number
Credit Line
William Ray Adams Memorial Collection
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
From the artist to (Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York, New York) in 1943;{1} Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hope, Bloomington, Indiana, in 1944;{2} given by them as part of the William Ray Adams Memorial Collection to the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1947.{3} {1} See Gail Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1995, volume 3, catalogue no. O-324, and volume 4 (Compact Disc Rom) reproduces Record Book III, p. 1, indicating it was delivered to Rehn Gallery on 4 January 1943. {2} Ibid., volume 4. Bill of sale, dated 27 July 1944, from Rehn to the Hopes, is available digitally at Archives of American Art, Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery Records, Correspondence A-Z, frame 1067. {3} Mrs. Henry R. Hope, née Sarahanne Adams, was the daughter of William Ray Adams.
Gallery Labels
- Three guests and an eerily illuminated desk clerk occupy this disquieting interior. They each look in a different direction, sharing space yet mentally detached. The lighting, rug, and architectural elements in this carefully constructed setting emphasize a sense of individual separation.
- Hopper often depicted ordinary scenes that evoke urban loneliness. The choice of a hotel lobby reflects his attraction to places of transience, escape, and anonymity.
- The elevated vantage point may have been inspired by Hopper’s frequent attendance at Broadway plays, which he preferred to view from the balcony. The harsh, raking light is typical of his interiors.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
July 19, 2020 - October 25, 2020
Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
October 26, 2019 - February 23, 2020
Hopper Drawings
Walker Art Center
March 15, 2014 - June 22, 2014
Hopper Drawing
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art
November 17, 2013 - February 16, 2014
Hopper Drawing
Whitney Museum of American Art
May 23, 2013 - October 6, 2013
Edward Hopper
Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais Champs-Elysées
October 5, 2012 - February 3, 2013
Realism: the Adventure of Reality
Kunsthalle Rotterdam
September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011
Realism: the Adventure of Reality
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung
June 11, 2010 - September 5, 2010
Realism: the Adventure of Reality
Kunsthalle Emden
January 23, 2010 - May 24, 2010
Edward Hopper Retrospective
Beatrix Schopp
October 9, 2004 - January 9, 2005
Edward hopper and the American Imagination
Whitney Museum of American Art
June 21, 1995 - October 15, 1995
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Art Institute of Chicago
October 3, 1981 - November 29, 1982
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
December 16, 1981 - February 14, 1982
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Städtische Kunsthalle
July 10, 1981 - September 6, 1981
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
April 22, 1981 - June 17, 1981
Edward Hopper: The Art andThe Artist
Hayward Gallery
February 11, 1981 - March 29, 1981
Edward Hopper: The Art and The Artist
Whitney Museum of American Art
September 9, 1980 - January 25, 1981
American Modern Art Between the Two World Wars
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
November 10, 1979 - December 30, 1979
American Modern Art Between the Two World Wars
Kunsthaus Zürich
August 23, 1979 - October 28, 1979
American Modern Art Between the Two World Wars
June 10, 1979 - August 12, 1979
Edward Hopper
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
September 24, 1971 - November 28, 1971
Paintings by Edward Hopper
Farnsworth Art Museum
July 9, 1971 - September 5, 1971
IX Sao Paulo Bienal, International Arts Program, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
September 23, 1967 - January 8, 1968
Edward Hopper
The University of Arizona Art Gallery
April 20, 1963 - May 19, 1963
Arts Festival
DePauw University
April 8, 1962 - May 9, 1962
Exhibition of Paintings in the Eugene C. Eppley Auditorium
Culver Military Academy, Gallery of the Eugene C. Eppley Auditorium
May 22, 1959 - June 9, 1959
Edward Hopper Retrospective Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art
February 11, 1950 - March 26, 1950
Exhibition of Contemporary Art: Inaugural Exhibition
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
October 8, 1950 - 1950
Six Americans
Cincinnati Art Museum
October 1, 1948 - November 5, 1948
American Painting in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
February 10, 1948 - March 31, 1948
LVI Annual American Exhibition of Painting
Art Institute of Chicago
October 25, 1945 - January 1, 1946
Painting in the United States
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
October 14, 1943 - December 12, 1943
Edward Hopper
Whitney Museum of American Art
June 1, 2006 - Date Unknown
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