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Office in a Small City

Edward Hopper American
1953
Not on view
The Metropolitan Museum acquired this painting shortly after it was completed in late October 1953. Begun in Cape Cod over the summer and finished in New York City, it was the only oil painting Hopper produced that year. Reprising one of his signature subjects—a solitary figure, physically and emotionally detached from his surroundings and other people—it was described by the artist’s wife as "the man in concrete wall."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Office in a Small City
  • Artist: Edward Hopper (American, Nyack, New York 1882–1967 New York)
  • Date: 1953
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 1/8 × 40 1/4 × 7/8 in. (71.4 × 102.2 × 2.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.183
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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