Object number1998.1

Rockland, Beam Trawler Widgeon

Date1926

Artist Edward Hopper (American, 1882-1967)

CultureAmerican

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsOverall: 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
Matted: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Virginia Lewisohn Kahn, class of 1949

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned (LR): Edward Hopper

InscribedInscribed: Rockland, Me.

BibliographySalatino, Kevin, "Edward Hopper's Maine," (Bowdoin College Museum of Art and Prestal Verlag, Munich - London - New York, 2011), p.109, cat. no. 47, repr. Nobuyuki, Okabe, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College," (Japan: Yamagata Museum of Art, 2008) Cat. no. 37, p. 88 Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting and the Vassar Education (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999). p. 205 repr. Gail Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II, Watercolors, no. W-151; Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine, Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Museum of Art, 2023, pp. 62, 74

Vassar Exhibitions

An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions

Paris-New York: Modernist Painting in 19th and 20th century Masterworks from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting and the Vassar Education," 23 April 23 - September 19, 1999;

Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, "Edward Hopper's Rockland Watercolors Exhibition," May - September 30, 2004;

Japan, Shimane Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," March 7 - May 11, 2008;

Japan, Ishibashi Museum of Art, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," May 17 - July 20, 2008;

Japan, Yamagata Museum of Art, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," July 30 - August 31, 2008;

Japan. Fuchu Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," September 6 - November 3, 2008;

Japan, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," November 14 - December 14, 2008;

Brunkswick, Maine, The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, "Edward Hopper's Maine: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, 1914-1929," July 15 - October 16, 2011;

Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth: Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, May 27 - August 27, 2023

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