With notes and annotations by Gail Levin
Published in association with the Whitney Museum of Art
The Paintings of Edward =
Hopper
The complete oils of arguably America's best and probably =
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his technique with each medium varied considerably. While oils =
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watercolors were painted on location and seem far more =
spontaneous. In the=20
years since Hopper's death in 1967, many of his paintings have =
achieved=20
iconographic status as statements about this country. His empty =
cityscapes=20
and countrysides speak of our sense of loneliness and alienation, =
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his fascination with the light on Cape Cod and the buildings in =
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