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Edward Hopper, The Martha McKeen of Wellfleet
1944, oil on canvas
Sotheby's, New York
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Hopper depicts a sailing subject in oil, rather than the city scenes for which he is often known. This 1944 canvas remained in the Thyssen-Bornemisza family collection from 1980.
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The fact sheet
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81.9 x 128 cm (32 1/4 x 50 1/4 in)
- Signed or inscribed
- Signed Edward Hopper (lower right)
- Provenance
- Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery; Harris collection; Kennedy Galleries; Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, 1980; inherited by present owner, 2002.
Quick facts
- Painted in 1944
- Collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Comparables
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Sotheby's estimate
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$20,000,000–$30,000,000
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