Edward Hopper's New York / Kim Conaty, with essays by Kirsty Bell, Darby English, David Hartt, and contributions from David Crane, Jennie Goldstein, Melinda Lang, and Farris Wahbeh.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, October 19, 2022-March 5, 2023. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Checklist of the exhibition. Farris Wahbeh -- Approaching a city : Hopper and New York / Kim Conaty -- Hopper's studio: the room beyond / Kirsty Bell -- Hopper's welcome / Darby English -- Fan fiction / David Hartt -- First impressions -- The city in print -- The hard grind: Hopper and illustration / Melinda Lang -- Washington Square -- "We are not sleeping": the Hoppers' fight for Washington Square / Jennie Goldstein -- The horizontal city -- The window -- Theater -- Designing with an eraser: Hopper, Jo Mielziner, and the new stagecraft / David Crane -- Sketching New York -- Reality and fantasy -- The Sanborn Hopper Archive: an introduction / Farris Wahbeh -- Selections from the Sanborn Hopper Archive at the Whitney -- Checklist of the exhibition.
Summary:
"A revealing exploration of Edward Hopper's inspired relationship to New York City through his paintings, drawings, prints, and never-before-published archival materials This engaging book delves into the iconic relationship between Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and New York City. This comprehensive look at an essential aspect of the revered American artist's life reveals how Hopper's experience of New York's spaces, sensations, and architecture shaped his vision and served as a backdrop for his distillations of the urban experience. During sidewalk strolls and elevated train rides, Hopper sketched the city's many windowed facades. Exterior views gave way to interior lives, forging one of Hopper's defining preoccupations: the convergence of public and private. These permeable walls allowed Hopper to evoke the perplexing awareness of being alone in a crowd that is synonymous with modern urban life. Drawing on the vast resources of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the largest repository of Hopper's work, and the recently acquired gift of the Sanborn Hopper Archive, this book features more than 300 illustrations and fresh insight from authoritative and emerging scholars"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.