" Hotel Window " ( eng. Hotel Window ) - a picture of the American realist painter Edward Hopper , written in 1955. In 2006, it was sold for $ 26.7 million, which was a record price for Hopper's paintings at that time [1] [2] [3] .
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| Edward Hopper | ||
| Hotel window . 1955 | ||
| English Hotel window | ||
| Canvas, oil. 101.6 × 139.7 cm | ||
| Private collection | ||
Description
About the hotel window , Hopper himself wrote: “There is nothing accurate in this, only improvisation. This is not a special hotel lobby, but I have walked many times along Thirtieth Street from Broadway to Fifth Avenue, and there are a lot of crappy hotels. This is probably what inspired the plot. Loneliness? Yes, I think that [turned out] more lonely than I had planned. "
The hotel window is a classic example of Hopper’s study of isolation in American urban life in the 20th century. The painting depicts an elegantly dressed elderly woman sitting on a dark blue sofa in the nameless lobby of the hotel. He absently looks at the darkened window. All work expresses loneliness and alienation.
November 29, 2006, the painting was sold at Sotheby's for $ 26.7 million, thereby setting, at that time, a record price for Hopper's paintings.
Notes
- ↑ Vogel, Carol . Edward Hopper Paintings - Otto Naumann Gallery of Consumer Decisions at the MetroTech , The New York Times (October 6, 2006). The appeal date is June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Sotheby's Record Sets For Edward Hopper at $ 26.9 M . artdaily.com. The appeal date is June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Gerry Souter. Edward Hopper . - Parkstone International, 2012-01-17. - 242 s. - ISBN 9781783100262 .