Office in a Small City

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Office in a Small City
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Artist Edward Hopper   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Year1953
Medium oil paint, canvas
Dimensions71.1 cm (28.0 in) × 101.6 cm (40.0 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art
Identifiers The Met object ID: 488730

Office in a Small City is a 1953 oil painting by the American realist painter Edward Hopper. [1] It is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [2]

The painting depicts a man sitting in a corner office surveying the cityscape outdoors. The painting depicts loneliness and beauty in a uniquely stark yet pleasing fashion, a common theme amongst Hopper's works. It was described by Hopper's wife, Josephine, as "the man in concrete wall."

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References

  1. Renner, Rolf Günter (2000). Hopper. Taschen. ISBN   978-3-8228-5985-8.
  2. "Office in a Small City". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved October 10, 2018.