Night in the Park

1921

Not on view

In an image that suggests isolation in the midst of bustle, Hopper shows a man reading a paper at night in Central Park, seated on a bench under a high arched light. The artist had returned to New York from Paris in 1910 and took up etching when his paintings failed to find buyers, producing about 70 prints between 1915 and 1923. In addition to depicting figures experiencing the distinct fabric of his home town, her evoked memories of France, and explored rural and coastal landscapes in Maine and Massachusetts. After the artist received two awards for his prints in 1923—the Logan Prize from the Chicago Society of Etchers and the W. A. Bryan Prize—he refocused his energies on painting, but often returned to subjects he had used etching to shape.

Artwork Details

Title: Night in the Park
Artist: Edward Hopper (American, Nyack, New York 1882–1967 New York)
Date: 1921
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (17.4 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (24 × 27.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.31.8
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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