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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.49
People
Edward Hopper, American (Nyack NY 1882 - 1967 New York NY)
Title
Manhattan Bridge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1925
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306435

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.3 x 50.6 cm (13 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: watercolor, l.l.: Edward Hopper / New York 1925
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper: no. 294.29
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper: no. 83
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper
  • exhibition label: backing board, paper

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Hopper; to [Rehn Galleries, New York, New York], 1925. Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.49
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Exhibition of Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., St. Botolph Club (Boston, MA, 1926), no. 9
  • Watercolors by Twelve Americans, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1933), cat. no. 34
  • Watercolors by Contemporary Americans, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1935), cat. no. 14
  • Fogg Art Museum Handbook, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1936), ill. p. 117
  • An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, PA, 1937), cat. no. 75
  • A Survey of Watercolor-U.S.A. from 1870 to 1946., exh. cat., Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN, 1946), cat. no. 13
  • A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, 1963), cat. no. 8
  • Lloyd Goodrich, Edward Hopper, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1971), reproduced, no. 183
  • Gail Levin, Hopper's Places, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1985), p. 19
  • Gail Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY and London, England, 1995), reproduced in color, W-131
  • Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Edward Hopper: The Watercolors, exh. cat., National Museum of American Art and W. W. Norton & Company (Washington, D.C and New York, NY, 1999), fig. 49 (color), p. 45
  • Gail Levin, The Complete Watercolors of Edward Hopper, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 2001), W-131, repr.
  • Avis Berman, Edward Hopper's New York, Pomegranate (San Francisco, 2005), p. 75, repr. p. 78 (color)
  • Carol Troyen, Judith A. Barter, and Janet L. Comey, Edward Hopper, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, MA, 2007), p. 121, cat. no. 60, repr. p. 123
  • Lot 19 Edward Hopper (1882-1967), auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, 2019), pp. 46-47, ill. (color)
  • Kim Conaty, , exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 2022), pp. 130, 250, pl.66, ill. (color)
  • Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 31 on p. 100

Exhibition History

  • Third Exhibition: Watercolors and Pastels, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 01/14/1926 - 02/15/1926
  • Exhibition of Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, St. Botolph Club, 04/13/1926 - 05/01/1926
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Princeton University, 1931, Princeton University, Princeton, 12/28/1931 - 02/01/1932
  • Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, Crandall Free Library, Glens Falls, 03/01/1933 - 03/31/1933
  • Watercolors by 12 Americans, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 05/22/1933 - 06/26/1933
  • Watercolors: Sheeler, Hopper, Burchfield, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/05/1934 - 12/31/1934
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Lawrence College, 1935, Lawrence University, Appleton, 03/01/1935 - 04/30/1935
  • Watercolors by Contemporary Americans, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 05/22/1935 - 06/25/1935
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1935, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, 10/14/1935 - 11/16/1935
  • American Watercolors from the Museum's Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/01/1936 - 02/29/1936
  • An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 03/11/1937 - 04/25/1937
  • Exhibition of American Painting, Grace Horne Galleries, 12/08/1937 - 09/08/1938
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Colby College Museum of Art, 1945, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 05/10/1945 - 06/06/1945
  • Watercolor USA: A Survey of Watercolor from 1870 to 1946, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/24/1946 - 05/08/1946; Pan-American Union, Washington, 05/17/1946 - 08/01/1946; [Unknown venue, Buenos Aires], Buenos Aires, 08/23/1946 - 09/13/1946; [Unknown venue, Rio de Janeiro], Rio de Janeiro, 10/01/1946 - 10/31/1946; [Unknown venue, Sao Paolo], Sao Paolo, 11/01/1946 - 11/30/1946; [Unknown venue, Montevideo], Montevideo, 01/01/1947 - 02/28/1947; [Unknown venue, Bogota], Bogota, 03/01/1947 - 03/31/1947; [Unknown venue, Lima], Lima, 04/01/1947 - 04/30/1947; [Unknown venue, Santiago], 05/01/1947 - 05/30/1947
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Wesleyan University, 1959, Davison Art Center, Middletown, 07/01/1959 - 08/31/1959
  • A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors by Edward Hopper, University of Arizona, Tucson, 04/20/1963 - 05/19/1963
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Lincoln Laboratory, 1966, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 10/15/1966 - 12/15/1966
  • Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
  • Edward Hopper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/06/2007 - 08/19/2007
  • Edward Hopper's New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 10/20/2022 - 03/05/2023

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