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20. "Nighthawks" Chicago Art Institute..I've seen it many times..hit link, (incredible picture)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 09:00 PM

Nov 2018

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628/nighthawks

Strangers in a brightly lit diner, seen from shadowy exterior..(I was unable to post..picture at link)
maybe someone can post it? Chicago Art Institute bought it for $3000 soon after it was painted.
(about 25,000 in today's money) This was then exhibited in Chicago and has stayed there since.. Yes, it is also worth $90,000,000...one of his most famous paintings..If not his most famous.

It is a beautiful picture, but lonely and intense

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Edward Hopper Painting Sells for $91.9 Million, Setting New Record for American Art [View all] DonViejo Nov 2018 OP

"Chop Suey" is one of my favorite paintings. madaboutharry Nov 2018 #1

Also "Nighthawks", which came later but his style and subject matter remained consistent. brush Nov 2018 #9

Nighthawks is linked below. Post 20, and here too... it is link to the picture.. Stuart G Nov 2018 #21

I've seen it there, too. MineralMan Nov 2018 #36

Who says Liberal Arts degrees don't pay off? Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #2

+5 appalachiablue Nov 2018 #16

Liberal Arts? Maybe Fine Arts if the artist were still alive, or Art Appreciation... brush Nov 2018 #22

I've always loved the colors in that piece... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #3

Amazing Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #4

Yes, I appreciate it when wealthy collectors TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #8

Wow TuxedoKat Nov 2018 #5

Now, there's a bubble. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #6

The novel, A tree Grows in Brooklyn irisblue Nov 2018 #7

So "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was written about fifteen years after "Chop Suey" Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #10

Or possible memories of being young and hard times irisblue Nov 2018 #11

Indeed it is a beautiful painting Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #13

Looking closely at the picture irisblue Nov 2018 #14

That picture is a treasure. It memorializes a time in America when those old gas pumps existed. CTyankee Nov 2018 #37

My grandfather had a similar "country store" with gas pumps Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #38

Edward Hopper is, hands down, my favorite American artist. Aristus Nov 2018 #12

You sure "Boy and Moon" is by Harper? brush Nov 2018 #23

It's a Hopper, all right. Aristus Nov 2018 #24

One correction...I believe your last one is titled "Corn Hill" Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #39

Thank you. Aristus Nov 2018 #40

No problem! Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #41

We previewed the sale at Christies last weekend. GumboYaYa Nov 2018 #15

How big is it, appx? Mosby Nov 2018 #17

It is not that big for such a monumental work. GumboYaYa Nov 2018 #18

K and R...92 million??????? Stuart G Nov 2018 #19

"Nighthawks" Chicago Art Institute..I've seen it many times..hit link, (incredible picture) Stuart G Nov 2018 #20

People will be marveling at 'Night Hawks' for the next thousand years. Aristus Nov 2018 #25

Yes, I see your point.. Stuart G Nov 2018 #26

There was one interpretation I found rather amusing. Aristus Nov 2018 #30

Yes, I know that interpretation and I see the logic... CTyankee Nov 2018 #32

That's fine. It's his painting. Aristus Nov 2018 #34

When I wrote my essay on this work I titled it "No Exit." CTyankee Nov 2018 #35

I haven't seen this painting in forever. badhair77 Nov 2018 #27

Hopper estate's take -- zero. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2018 #28

I saw this Hopper at the Whitney ... kwassa Nov 2018 #29

This is a marvelous painting. The colors are just exciting and wonderful. CTyankee Nov 2018 #31

Now we see where Trump's Billionaire Tax Cut is being invested. lagomorph777 Nov 2018 #33

I don't get it? What makes it so great? Blue_Tires Nov 2018 #42

The owner had promised it to the Seattle Art Museum along with 65 works in his collection maxsolomon Nov 2018 #43