The Long Leg
Maker
Edward Hopper
(American, 1882 - 1967)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1935
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 30 1/4 in. (50.8 x 76.8 cm.)
Signedl.r. Edward Hopper
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Copyright© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Label TextEdward Hopper's paintings are characterized by isolation, melancholy, and loneliness. The Long Leg depicts a sailboat near the Long Point Light at Provincetown, Massachusetts, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The boat sails against the wind in a zigzag series of short and long tacks, or legs. Hopper's precise observation of light and of the behavior of the boat link him to a tradition of American Realism, but the stark, reductive composition and mood of isolation reflect the abstract, impersonal spirit of Modernism.Status
Not on viewObject number83.8.25
