Edward and Josephine Hopper Resources
Edward Hopper’s career and work have been a touchstone for the Whitney since before the Museum was founded. The Whitney had a rich and longstanding relationship with the artist during his lifetime and was one of the first museums to exhibit his work. Today, the Whitney is the world's largest repository of Hopper’s artwork and archival materials.
Edward and Josephine Hopper (detail). Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library and Archives, Sanborn Hopper Archive, Gift of The Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust. Series III: Edward Hopper Personal Papers, Subseries H: Photographs
The Hoppers and the Whitney
Hopper’s relationship with the Whitney began in 1920 when the then-unknown artist received his first-ever solo exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club, the precursor to what would become the Whitney Museum.
Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930. Oil on canvas, 35 3/16 × 60 1/4 in. (89.4 × 153 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.426. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Whitney Collection Artworks
Explore over three thousand of Hopper's artworks in the Whitney's online collection. Images of all six of the artist's ledger books, documenting his career, are now available.
Explore Hopper Artworks in the Collection
Lloyd Goodrich, “Notes of conversation with Hopper,” April 20, 1946. Edward and Josephine Hopper Research Collection, Subseries 8.1.1, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library and Archives, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Edward and Josephine Hopper Research Collection
The Edward and Josephine Hopper Research Collection was compiled by Whitney curators while preparing exhibitions of Hopper’s work and the Hopper Catalogue Raisonné. Materials include correspondence with Edward Hopper, his wife Josephine, and collectors.
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Selection of ticket stubs from theater productions the Hoppers attended, 1925–36. The Sanborn Hopper Archive at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library and Archives, New York
Sanborn Hopper Archive at the Whitney
The Sanborn Hopper Archive at the Whitney consists of nearly four thousand items, including letters, photographs, printed newspapers and magazines, notebooks, ticket stubs, printed illustrations, and ephemera. A selection has been digitized, and more materials will be added to the digital archive as they are photographed and scanned.
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