For years I have been an admirer of the
paintings of American Edward Hopper. I have been attracted to Hopper’s subtle
(but perhaps not) portrayal of our personal isolation (perhaps alienation is a
better word). Today I took this photograph of my friend Bronwen Marsden for a
project in which she is a woman out of a Raymond Chandler novel. But when I
saw the picture I knew I had an image that would go hand in hand with my
favourite Hopper, New York Interior.
Edward Hopper, New York Interior, c.
1921. Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 × 29 1/4 in. (61.6 × 74.3 cm). Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1200
On view
© Heirs of Josephine
N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York