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Edward Hopper: Works on Paper
A Selection of Prints and Drawings, November 2 - 20, 2020
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Edward Hopper: Works on Paper : A Selection of Prints and Drawings

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edward Hopper, The Railroad, 1922

Edward Hopper American, 1882-1967

The Railroad, 1922
Etching
7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (image)
13 x 16 inches (sheet)
Edition of about 45 (from an intended edition of 100)
Signed at lower right: Edward Hopper; inscribed with title at lower left: The Railroad / The Railroad
Reviewing Hopper’s 1923 print show at Sardeau Gallery, the critic for The New York Times commended The Railroad as a masterpiece of descriptive realism, “with its magnificent curve as true...
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Reviewing Hopper’s 1923 print show at Sardeau Gallery, the critic for The New York Times commended The Railroad as a masterpiece of descriptive realism, “with its magnificent curve as true in its freehand interpretation as engineering science could make the original,” but he also applauded the artist’s “definitely personal point of view.” Clearly personal are the parade of oddly tilted telephone poles Hopper used to emphasize the dramatic sweep of the rails, and the patches of sunlight that draw attention to the figure at the side of the track, whose purpose and destination are not revealed.
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Carl Zigrosser, The Etchings of Edward Hopper, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962, cf. no. 24 // Gail Levin, Edward Hopper: The Complete Prints, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979, cf. pl. 87
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