Label Text: Born in Nyack, New York, Edward Hopper enjoyed sailing as an escape throughout his life and as a subject for his art. This etching shows two muscular men taking a breezy respite on the water, possibly off the coast of Truro, Massachusetts, where Hopper spent many summers. Turned away from the viewer, the sailors become anonymous emblems of manly freedom in nature, which the city-dwelling artist craved. The dynamic diagonal of the mast energetically bisects and activates the composition. Hopper’s bold forms and marks deliberately recall the precedent of Maine artist Winslow Homer (whose painting The Fisher Girl is displayed elsewhere in the museum).
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