Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Study for Nighthawks, 1941 or 1942. Fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper; 11 1/8 × 15 in. (28.3 × 38.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase and gift of Josephine N. Hopper by exchange 2011.65
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 33 1/8 × 60 in. (84.1 × 152.4 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago; Friends of American Art Collection
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Study for Office at Night, 1940. Fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper, 15 1/16 × 19 5/8 in. (38.3 × 49.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.340
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Office at Night, 1940. Oil on canvas, 22 3/16 × 25 1/8 in. (56.4 × 63.8 cm). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker Fund

HOPPER DRAWING

The Creative Process Behind the Iconic Paintings

Through October 6

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street

Hopper Drawing is the first major exhibition to survey the drawings and working process of Edward Hopper (1882–1967), pairing many of his iconic oil paintings, including New York Movie (1939) and Nighthawks (1942), with their preparatory studies and related works. Hopper’s drawings reveal the continually evolving relationship between observation and invention in the artist’s work, and his abiding interest in motifs— New York’s urban fabric, the movie theater, the bedroom, the road—to which he would return throughout his career.

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