Edward Hopper's New England

This Edward Hopper’s New England is a comprehensive collection of artist Edward Hopper, one of the most important American painters of the 20th century. Edward Hopper’s New England includes some of his finest paintings of New England—a region with coastal view, mansard-roofed houses, and a still light that served as the inspiration of many of Hopper’s greatest works—providing a guide to the places that resonated so deeply with the artist throughout his career. A second, revised edition of the classic best-seller, this edition of Edward Hopper’s New England includes an essay by Carl Little, who explores New England’s role in Hopper’s development.  Hardcover smyth-sewn casebound book, 88 pages; more than 45 color reproductions. 10" x 8.75".

Museum Provenance

Edward Hopper’s New England recalls Hopper’s 1950 painting Cape Cod Morning displayed in our Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The Reynolds Center includes three museums. The National Portrait Gallery tells the American story through individuals who have helped to build our national culture. The Gallery celebrates poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists who speak our history. The Smithsonian American Art Museum, dedicated to the enjoyment and understanding of American art, encompasses three centuries of American artistic achievement. The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, housed in a Civil War era architectural landmark building, collects, exhibits, studies and preserves American craft and decorative arts from the 19th century to the present.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.