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Nighthawks
Sign in to save1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper
Key facts
- Artist
- Edward Hopper
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Movement
- American realism
- Dimensions
- 84.1 cm (33.1 in) × 152.4 cm (60.0 in)
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- painting
- Genre
- genre art
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- diner
- Depicts
- salt shaker
- Movement
- American scene painting
- Material used
- canvas
- Creator
- Edward Hopper
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image
- Nighthawks by Edward Hopper 1942.jpg
- Height
- 84.1
- Width
- 152.4
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- depicts Iconclass notation
- 43B311
- inception
- 1942-00-00
- inventory number
- 1942.51
- Commons category
- Nighthawks (Edward Hopper)
- described at URL
- www.artic.edu/artworks/111628
- title
- Nighthawks
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.
The painting has been described as Hopper's best-known work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. Classified as part of the American Realism movement, within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000 (equivalent to $59,110 in 2025).
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