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EDWARD HOPPER (American, 1882-1967). Man on Log, circa 1906-1914. Watercolor and ink on illustration board. 11 x 11-1/2 ...

2010 May Signature Fine American & European Art Auction #5035

 
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Description:
EDWARD HOPPER (American, 1882-1967)
Man on Log, circa 1906-1914
Watercolor and ink on illustration board
11 x 11-1/2 inches (27.9 x 29.2 cm)

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Josephine Hopper, wife of the artist;
Rev. A.R. Sanborn, gift from the above, 1968 (label verso);
Stephen B. Sanborn, wedding gift from the above, May 1, 1975 (label verso).

LITERATURE:
G. Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New York, 1995, p. 124, no. I-32.

Man on Log is a skillfully rendered example of Edward Hopper's work as a commercial illustrator, which began in 1905 and supported his early career. Although the exact publication cover or story for which this drawing was created is unknown, the work represents an important period in the artist's oeuvre. Very few of Hopper's commercial illustrations have come to auction, particularly of this large size, as most are held in museum collections.

Hopper, Edward:Hopper was one of the premier Realist painters of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1900, Hopper studied portrait and still-life painting with William Merrit Chase, but he preferred to take classes with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Robert Henri. In 1906, Hopper worked as a part-time illustrator, but by autumn of that year he went to Paris to study the work of European artists. His painting from this period and soon after reflects the influence of "plein air" painting and Impressionism. Hopper continued to work as an illustrator, garnering more critical and commercial success with it than painting, although he loathed this work. By 1925, Hopper began to develop his signature, where the focus is on only one or two solitary figures often consumed by vast outdoors spaces or cramped city streets. His landscapes also evoke a similar haunting loneliness. One of Hopper's most well known works is a poignant portrayal of urban alienation, "The Night Hawks" (1942). With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s, Hopper's work was seen as illustrative and obsolete. Pop Art and Photorealism resurrected his reputation.. American painter, 1882-1967

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Linear accretion and dot of stain in upper left quadrant; scattered handling marks and accretions in border beneath frame; slight paper fading between edge of image and edge of mat; otherwise very good condition; frame dimensions:  21 x 21".

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