Office in a Small City
Painting by Edward Hopper
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| Artist | Edward Hopper  |
| Year | 1953 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Dimensions | 71.1 cm (28.0 in) × 101.6 cm (40.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Identifiers | The Met object ID: 488730 |
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Office in a Small City is a 1953 oil painting by the American realist painter Edward Hopper. It is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]
The painting depicts a man sitting in a corner office surveying the cityscape outdoors. The painting depicts loneliness and beauty in a uniquely stark yet pleasing fashion, a common theme amongst Hopper's works. It was described by Hopper's wife as "the man in concrete wall."
See also
References
- ^ "Office in a Small City". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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Edward Hopper
- List of works
- Girl at Sewing Machine (1921)
- House by the Railroad (1925)
- Coast Guard Station, Two Lights, Maine (1927)
- Automat (1927)
- Manhattan Bridge Loop (1928)
- Chop Suey (1929)
- Early Sunday Morning (1930)
- Room in New York (1932)
- East Wind Over Weehawken (1934)
- Macomb's Dam Bridge (1935)
- White River at Sharon (1937)
- New York Movie (1939)
- Ground Swell (1939)
- Gas (1940)
- Office at Night (1940)
- Nighthawks (1942)
- Hotel Lobby (1943)
- Saltillo Mansion (1943)
- High Noon (1949)
- Hotel by a Railroad (1952)
- Office in a Small City (1953)
- Western Motel (1957)
- Second Story Sunlight (1960)
- Intermission (1963)
- Sun in an Empty Room (1963)
- Two Comedians (1966)
- Josephine Hopper (wife, model)
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