Edward Hopper and the American Imagination

Lyons, Deborah & Edward Hopper & Adam D. Weinberg & Whitney Museum Of American Art & Julie Grau

ISBN 10: 0393038149 / ISBN 13: 9780393038149

Published by W W Norton & Co, 1995

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Stiff unmarked book in lightly rubbed dust jacket. ; 7.75 X 1.25 X 9.75 inches; 342 pages.

Seller Inventory # 65327

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edward Hopper and the American Imagination
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393038149
• ISBN 13: 9780393038149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art/Design

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Synopsis

Edward Hopper's themes of alienation and loneliness, the emptiness of his city and landscapes, his silent hills and houses, the stark light and vivid colours of his paintings of Cape Cod - all have had a lasting impression on how Americans view themselves and their country, as well as having had an effect on how Europeans perceive America. Published to accompany the 1995 exhibition of the same name at the Whitney Museum in New York, this volume includes in full colour 65 of Edward Hopper's most important works. Accompanying the paintings are works by poets, playwrights and novelists that pay homage to, or make reference to, the ways in which Hopper depicted America. Among the contributors are Paul Auster, Ann Beattie, William Kennedy, Norman Mailer, Walter Mosley and Grace Paley, and an essay by art historian and Hopper expert Gail Levin is also featured.

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.