Sunday, August 10, 2014

Opposite Sides Of The Same Street?

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Edward Hopper

Early Sunday Morning

(1930) 











Norman Rockwell

Walking to Church

(1953)




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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 10, 2014 at 3:13 PM

    Whitney museum identifies Hopper as Seventh Avenue between 15th and 16th, once upon a time.

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    1. Paul OliverioAugust 10, 2014 at 3:22 PM

      I love that phrase: once upon a time...

      Maybe Sotheby's, which recently sold the Rockwell for $3 million...
      could identify the street of the church walkers.

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    2. AnonymousAugust 10, 2014 at 3:53 PM

      New York of long ago age

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    3. Paul OliverioAugust 11, 2014 at 1:08 AM

      So much of what is long ago is so easy to long for...

      In the 23 yrs between the two paintings it is good to know
      that the barber pole got straightened and the fire hydrant
      got painted.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 10, 2014 at 4:42 PM

    Has been identified as "Walking to Church" in a composite scene of Troy
    And Cambridge, New York, and Bennington Vermont.

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    1. Paul OliverioAugust 11, 2014 at 1:12 AM

      Correction:
      In the 23 yrs between the two paintings it is good to know
      that the barber pole got straightened and the fire hydrant
      got painted.

      Upstate & Vermont barber poles...are more upright
      than those in lower Manhattan.
      Upstate & Vermont fire hydrants...are more colorful
      than those in Lower Manhattan.

      Or so I would like to believe...

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  3. AnonymousAugust 11, 2014 at 1:16 AM

    In the Rockwell painting, what appears to be a black smear...
    is actually a cat rubbing up against the fire hydrant.
    A nice little comic touch.

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