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Edward Hopper
The defining image of American urban solitude, acquired within months of being painted.
- Artist
- Edward Hopper
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 84.1 × 152.4 cm
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
History
What the record shows
Hopper composed the diner from Greenwich Avenue sources rather than a single location.
The Art Institute bought it for 3,000 dollars in 1942. It now travels rarely, and only inside a sealed microclimate case.
Provenance
Chain of ownership
- 01Rehn Galleries, New York, 1942
- 02Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection, 1942
