City Sunlight
Object Details
- Artist
- Edward Hopper, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1882–1967
- Provenance
- Frank Rehn Gallery, New York, 1955
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1955-1961
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, New York, 1961-17 May 1966
- Gift of the oseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- Exhibition History
- CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. "The 1955 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting," 13 October-18 December 1955, no. 136, pl. 46.
- ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO. "Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Walt Kuhn, John Sloan," 3 May-15 June 1956, no. 18.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "The Museum and It's Friends," 5 March-12 April 1959, p. 47.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Edward Hopper," 29 September-29 November 1964, no. 61, ill p. 51. Tour: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 18 December 1964-31 January 1965; DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 18 February-21 March; CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS, 7 April-9 May.
- IX BIENAL DE ARTE MODERNA, Sao Paulo, Brazil. "United States Representation," 22 September 1967-8 January 1968. Tour: ROSE ART MUSEUM, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 24 February-31 March.
- BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists," 22 October-8 December 1968, no. 112, ill. p. 135.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AGENCY. "La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington." MUSEO DEL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES, Mexico City, 18 November 1980-4 January 1981, no. 53, p. 146.
- TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, Illinois. "Solitude--Inner Visions in American Art," 24 September-30 December 1982.
- XVII TRIENNALE DI MILANO, Milan, Italy. "Il Progetto Domestico," 16 January-23 March 1986, cat., ill.
- NAGOYA CITY ART MUSEUM, Japan. "Perspective of 20th Century Painting," 23 April-19 June 1988.
- LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Humlebaek, Denmark. "Edward Hopper," 25 January-26 April 1992, cat. ill. p. 92. TOUR: MUSEE RATH, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 October 1991-12 January 1992.
- MUSEUM FOLKWANG, Essen, Germany. "TheTruth of the Real: Edward Hopper and Photography," 28 June-27 September 1992.
- SCHIRN KUNSTAHALLE, Frankfurt. "Edward Hopper," 5 December 1992-14 February 1993, cat. no. 72, p. 100.
- SPENGEL MUSEUM HANNOVER, Germany. "How You Look at It: Photographs of the Twentieth Century," 14 May-6 August 2000.
- AICHI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, Nagoya Japan. "A Century of the American Dream: The Sparkle of the American Way of Life," 23 November 2000-28 January 2001. Tour: HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Kobe, Japan, 7 February-25 March 2001.
- TATE MODERN, London. "Edward Hopper Retrospective," 27 May-5 September 2004. Tour: MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany, 9 October 2004-9 January 2005.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Edward Hopper's New York," 19 October 2022-5 March 2023, pl. 150 (color), p. 207.
- Published References
- HOPPER, EDWARD. Notebook 3. (The Hopper Bequest, Whitney Museum of American Art): p. 51.
- TYLER, PARKER. "Hopper/Pollock," Art News Annual 26 (1957): p. 95, ill p. 26.
- UNSIGNED. The Villager [New York] (23 April 1959): p. 11, ill.
- GOODRICH, LLOYD. Edward Hopper (New YOrk: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1964): p. 56.
- ROSE, BARBARA. "New York Letter: The Hopper Retrospective," Art International 8 (November 1964): ill p. 53.
- GOODRICH, LLOYD. Edward Hopper (New York: Abrams, 1971): p. 151, colorplate p. 282.
- LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974): no. 718, p. 703.
- LEWIS, JO ANN. "Limelight," Washington Post (28 September 1980): ill.
- UNSIGNED. "Trabajos de Edward Hopper," Excelsior (14 November 1980): p. 17B
- MALVIDO, ADRIANA. "Es un honor para el pueblo estaunidense estar presente en la vida artistica de Mexico: J. Nava," Unomasuna (19 November 1980): p. 18, ill.
- RIDING, ALAN. "Major Show of US Art Opens in Mexico," New York Times (20 November 1980).
- UNSIGNED. "La Pintura ACtual de los Estados Unidos," Novades (23 November 1980).
- UNSIGNED. "90 Pinturas nort americanas," Siempre Magazine (26 November 1980): colorplate.
- LEVIN, GAIL. Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonne. Volume III: Oils. (New York and London: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W. W. Norton & Company, 1995): no. O-350, pp. 348-349.
- UNSIGNED. "Washington's Best," Hill Rag (February 1999): calendar.
- GODDARD, LINDA. "How you look at it," The Art Newspaper 11/105 (July-August 2000): p. 25.
- STRAND, MARK. Hopper (New York: Alred A. Knopf, 2001): p. 54.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- (1954)
- Accession Number
- 66.2505
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28 3/16 × 40 1/8 in. (71.6 × 101.9 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Social Realism
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.2505
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2c3b43b8b-df9a-461d-ac33-772fb2194898
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