Burlesque Theatre, Times Square
early 1940s
Edward Hopper
Artist, American, 1882 - 1967
Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 30.16 × 22.54 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.737
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Frank K. M. Rehn, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1956
Art and the Theatre, Watkins Museum, American University, Washington, DC, 1956
1980
That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 25
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
2007
Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 175, no. 1193.
1984
Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper. New York: Crown Publishers, 1984, p. 77.
1991
Goldstein, Nathan. The Art of Responsive Drawing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991, p. 259.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Edward Hopper; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 14 [not deciphered] 18; along the right verso in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered]
Wikidata ID
Q64557174