Edward Hopper – A Journal of His Work - Hardcover

Hopper, Edward; Lyons, Deborah; O`doherty, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393313301 ISBN 13: 9780393313307

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Synopsis

Edward Hopper, with the help of his wife, Jo, kept scrupulously detailed notes of all his artwork and business transactions in five accountants' ledger books. Here, in a selection of facsimile pages, we see the artist as businessman, recording everything from exhibitions and reviews to sales, commissions, and resales of his varied works. Hopper sketched most of his paintings and prints in these pages, in either pen and ink or pencil. Occasionally he added a printed reproduction as they became available. In addition to all business transactions associated with the work, Jo Hopper wrote descriptions of the colors and materials used, the subject matter, as well as personal anecdotes. In this intriguing volume, we are given a rare glimpse of this often-unseen aspect of an artist's life. We can see clearly the Hoppers' necessity and penchant for methodical record keeping and how they were able to achieve financial security through the artist's work.

About this title

Synopsis:

In this facsimile of Edward Hopper's ledger books, the artist is shown as a business man, recording everything from exhibitions and reviews to sales, commissions and resales of his varied work. Entries made by Hopper and his wife, Jo, are illustrated with his drawings of each painting or print.

About the Author:

Deborah Lyons is a former curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and co-editor of Edward Hopper and the American Imagination (Norton). She lives in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393313301
• ISBN 13: 9780393313307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128