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Edward Hopper Limited Edition "Nighthawks" One of only 75 Published
9878 - "Nighthawks" limited edition by the renowned American artist Edward Hopper. This is one of only 75 published Worldwide, numbered in the frank. NOTE: This limited edition will be supplied with a signed certificate of authenticity (signed by the Master Printer) and a replacement valuation for £1500 along with biographical details on the artist and the image. (Free of charge) Excellent condition. Image size approx 51cm x 100cm. "Nighthawks" was painted in 1942 by Edward Hopper. The subject portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is, undoubtedly, Hopper's most famous work and is one of the most recognisable paintings in American art. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for the sum of $3000, where it still hangs. According to Hopper's wife, Josephine, the painting was finished on the 21st January and her handwritten notes include the interesting possibility that the painting's evocative title may have had its origins as a reference to the beak-shaped nose of the man at the bar. She also said that Edward had posed for the two figures himself of the men, using a mirror, and he used his wife, Josephine, for the girl. The painting took around six weeks to complete. There is a possibility that Hopper was inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "Night Café" which was being exhibited in New York at the time he painted this painting. No-one has clearly and safely identified the site of the painting but it is thought to have been at Mulry Square which is the intersection of Seventh Avenue South, Greenwich Avenue and West 11th Street, which was some seven blocks from Hopper's studio on Washington Square.. H: 94cm W: 132cm D: 4cm
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