A recent exhibition of Edward Hopper's work presents viewers with compelling images
of human solitude, introspection, and subtle emotion that have new resonance in the
Covid-19 pandemic era (
![FIGURE 1:]()
1
). In his 1952 drawing, Study for Morning Sun, we recognize signs of distress in a solitary female figure but have no context to
understand the circumstances of her isolation or its personal toll (Figure 1) (
2
).
FIGURE 1Edward Hopper, Study for Morning Sun, 1952
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Edward Hopper, Study for Morning Sun, 1952. Fabricated chalk on paper. Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York. CREDIT: © 2023 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed
by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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Hopper E: Morning Sun, 1952
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 7,
2023
Received:
March 4,
2023
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© 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
