From Williamsburg Bridge
In this painting, Hopper depicts the austere facades of four apartment buildings and reduces the steel suspension of the Williamsburg Bridge to the margins. Completed in 1903 and connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan, the structure is indicated only by the unobtrusive railing rising at a slight diagonal along the bottom of the canvas. As opposed to focusing on the bridge that facilitates movement in and out of the city, Hopper creates an image absent of noise or motion. He emphasizes the alienation and anonymity of urban life by including a single figure: a woman sitting alone in a top story window.
Artwork Details
- Title: From Williamsburg Bridge
- Artist: Edward Hopper (American, Nyack, New York 1882–1967 New York)
- Date: 1928
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 29 3/8 × 43 3/4 in. (74.6 × 111.1 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1937
- Object Number: 37.44
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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