Edward Hopper and the American Imagination

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

ISBN 10: 0393038149 / ISBN 13: 9780393038149

Published by Whitney Museum of Art / W. W. Norton & Co., 1995

About this Item

Olive coloured cloth boards with dry stamp title on front panel, gilt lettering on spine, jacket in clear plastic archival wrap, previous owners library stamp tastefully impressed on title page. Clean bright copy. Features 59 of Hopper's works. Includes work on or about the artist's work by Paul Auster, Norman Mailer, Galway Kinnell, Thom Gunn, James Salter, Ann Lauterbach, Walter Mosley and others.

Seller Inventory # 016371

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edward Hopper and the American Imagination
• Publisher: Whitney Museum of Art / W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393038149
• ISBN 13: 9780393038149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Edward Hopper
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Photography

About this title

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.