1927.49: Manhattan Bridge

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.49

People

Edward Hopper, American (Nyack NY 1882 - 1967 New York NY)

Title

Manhattan Bridge

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1925

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306435

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 35.3 x 50.6 cm (13 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: watercolor, l.l.: Edward Hopper / New York 1925
• exhibition label: backing board, paper: no. 294.29
• exhibition label: backing board, paper: no. 83
• exhibition label: backing board, paper
• exhibition label: backing board, paper

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edward Hopper; to [Rehn Galleries, New York, New York], 1925. Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.49

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Exhibition of Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., St. Botolph Club (Boston, MA, 1926), no. 9
• Watercolors by Twelve Americans, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1933), cat. no. 34
• Watercolors by Contemporary Americans, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1935), cat. no. 14
• Fogg Art Museum Handbook, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1936), ill. p. 117
• An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, PA, 1937), cat. no. 75
• A Survey of Watercolor-U.S.A. from 1870 to 1946., exh. cat., Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN, 1946), cat. no. 13
• A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors by Edward Hopper, exh. cat., University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, 1963), cat. no. 8
• Lloyd Goodrich, Edward Hopper, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1971), reproduced, no. 183
• Gail Levin, Hopper's Places, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1985), p. 19
• Gail Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY and London, England, 1995), reproduced in color, W-131
• Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Edward Hopper: The Watercolors, exh. cat., National Museum of American Art and W. W. Norton & Company (Washington, D.C and New York, NY, 1999), fig. 49 (color), p. 45
• Gail Levin, The Complete Watercolors of Edward Hopper, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 2001), W-131, repr.
• Avis Berman, Edward Hopper's New York, Pomegranate (San Francisco, 2005), p. 75, repr. p. 78 (color)
• Carol Troyen, Judith A. Barter, and Janet L. Comey, Edward Hopper, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, MA, 2007), p. 121, cat. no. 60, repr. p. 123
• Lot 19 Edward Hopper (1882-1967), auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, 2019), pp. 46-47, ill. (color)
• Kim Conaty, , exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 2022), pp. 130, 250, pl.66, ill. (color)
• Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 31 on p. 100

Exhibition History

• Third Exhibition: Watercolors and Pastels, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 01/14/1926 - 02/15/1926
• Exhibition of Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, St. Botolph Club, 04/13/1926 - 05/01/1926
• Unidentified Exhibition, Princeton University, 1931, Princeton University, Princeton, 12/28/1931 - 02/01/1932
• Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, Crandall Free Library, Glens Falls, 03/01/1933 - 03/31/1933
• Watercolors by 12 Americans, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 05/22/1933 - 06/26/1933
• Watercolors: Sheeler, Hopper, Burchfield, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/05/1934 - 12/31/1934
• Unidentified Exhibition, Lawrence College, 1935, Lawrence University, Appleton, 03/01/1935 - 04/30/1935
• Watercolors by Contemporary Americans, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 05/22/1935 - 06/25/1935
• Unidentified Exhibition, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1935, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, 10/14/1935 - 11/16/1935
• American Watercolors from the Museum's Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/01/1936 - 02/29/1936
• An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Etchings by Edward Hopper, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 03/11/1937 - 04/25/1937
• Exhibition of American Painting, Grace Horne Galleries, 12/08/1937 - 09/08/1938
• Unidentified Exhibition, Colby College Museum of Art, 1945, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 05/10/1945 - 06/06/1945
• Watercolor USA: A Survey of Watercolor from 1870 to 1946, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/24/1946 - 05/08/1946; Pan-American Union, Washington, 05/17/1946 - 08/01/1946; [Unknown venue, Buenos Aires], Buenos Aires, 08/23/1946 - 09/13/1946; [Unknown venue, Rio de Janeiro], Rio de Janeiro, 10/01/1946 - 10/31/1946; [Unknown venue, Sao Paolo], Sao Paolo, 11/01/1946 - 11/30/1946; [Unknown venue, Montevideo], Montevideo, 01/01/1947 - 02/28/1947; [Unknown venue, Bogota], Bogota, 03/01/1947 - 03/31/1947; [Unknown venue, Lima], Lima, 04/01/1947 - 04/30/1947; [Unknown venue, Santiago], 05/01/1947 - 05/30/1947
• Unidentified Exhibition, Wesleyan University, 1959, Davison Art Center, Middletown, 07/01/1959 - 08/31/1959
• A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors by Edward Hopper, University of Arizona, Tucson, 04/20/1963 - 05/19/1963
• Unidentified Exhibition, Lincoln Laboratory, 1966, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 10/15/1966 - 12/15/1966
• Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
• Edward Hopper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/06/2007 - 08/19/2007
• Edward Hopper's New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 10/20/2022 - 03/05/2023

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