Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
32 x 50 in. (canvas) 38 x 56 in. (framed, Optium)
Mark Description
Signed in brown paint at lower right: EDWARD HOPPER
Accession Number
Credit Line
Emma Harter Sweetser Fund
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
From the artist to (Frank Rehn Gallery, New York); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1932 (32.177).
Gallery Labels
This painting, named after an East Coast railroad line, was created during the Depression and depicts a landscape and desolate house. The prominent track evokes Hopper’s recurring themes of transience and the loneliness of the traveler.
The frontal view and the broad horizontal line of the railroad suggest a stage, underlining the separation between the viewer and the scene.
The crisp lines and sharp angles of the house are softened by the rounded, natural shapes of the trees, and the dark green balances the bright sky. Hopper’s compositions are often based on oppositions like this that unite to form a harmonic whole.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views
April 15, 2017 - October 9, 2017
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