Edward Hopper
It seems we're going to have a pretty American week!
Between April 1 and May 11, 1929, Edward Hopper and his wife, Josephine Nivison Hopper, traveled to Charleston, South Carolina. While exploring the rural areas nearby, they encountered a woman standing outside her cabin, who quickly withdrew indoors upon her husband's arrival. Years later, this moment inspired South Carolina Morning—Hopper’s only known painting to feature an African American woman.
In the work, she stands quietly on the steps of a stark building, framed by an empty expanse of sidewalk. This narrow strip of pavement serves as the sole transition between the rigid architecture and the sweeping plain of sea grass that stretches toward the distant horizon.
Have a calm day, everyone!
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