Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time

Oct 28, 2010–Apr 10, 2011


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Painting by Edward Hopper. Painting of a woman in dress facing away from the viewer.
Painting by Edward Hopper. Painting of a woman in dress facing away from the viewer.

Edward Hopper, New York Interior, c. 1921. Oil on canvas, Overall: 24 1/4 × 29 1/4 in. (61.6 × 74.3cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1200. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

This audio guide, introduced by Alice Pratt Brown Director Adam Weinberg, highlights works from Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time, as curators and scholars discuss the diverse ways that artists depicted the sweeping transformations in urban and rural life from 1900–1940.

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Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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