The Dory
Artist
Edward Hopper
(American, 1882 - 1967)
Date1929
MediumWatercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on white wove paper
DimensionsUnframed: 13 7/8 × 20 1/16 inches (35.24 × 50.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Louis Sosland
Object numberF77-36/3
Signedl.l.: "Edward Hopper/ Two Lights Me"
On View
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DescriptionSmall sailboat off a rocky shore, sale and jib billow in the wind, a man in the stern guides the boat with a long oar.Gallery Label
Edward Hopper’s annual summer travels provided him opportunities to paint extensively in watercolor. In The Dory he painted an abstracted scene with bold, simplified forms. A sailor rows near the rocky coastline of Two Lights, Maine, a small Coast Guard community. This solitary figure was an unusual inclusion for Hopper. His 1920s watercolors more often allowed houses, boats and automobiles to stand in for people in his scenes. Turned away from the viewer, this figure maintains his distance and an aura of isolation.
Copyright© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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