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Gloucester Mansions

A work made of watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1923

Artist:

Edward Hopper
American, 1882-1967

About this artwork

Edward Hopper is best known today for his famous 1942 painting Nighthawks. As a young man, he studied painting in New York with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, and like many young artists of his generation, he traveled to Paris to learn the latest trends in art before establishing himself as an illustrator in New York. He began to experiment with printmaking around 1915, and by the 1920s, he had found a uniquely American style featuring urban landscapes. A masterful watercolorist, he perfected his evocation of brilliant seaside light while painting the Victorian mansions of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Edward Hopper

Title

Gloucester Mansions

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1923

Medium

Watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower left, in watercolor: "Edward Hopper / Gloucester 1923"

Dimensions

35.2 × 50.6 cm (13 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1933.486

Extended information about this artwork

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