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Gail Levin discusses the work of Edward Hopper and the Art Institute of Chicago's Hopper's exhibition

BROADCAST: Oct. 2, 1981 | DURATION: 00:52:41

Synopsis

Discussing the book "Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist." Includes recordings of Robert Frost reading "The Road Not Taken," Carl Sandburg reading "Gone," and Tom Waits' song "Nighthawks."

Details

Broadcast Date
Oct. 2, 1981

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 52.40 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
52 minutes, 41 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Visual Arts

People

Artists

Tags

Levin, Gail, 1948- Edward Hopper: the art and the artist Audiotapes Radio programs WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967 Artists Painters Art Institute of Chicago Realism in art Watercolor painting Nighthawks Literature in art Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. The road not taken. Hopper, Josephine Nivison Henri, Robert, 1865-1929 Ashcan school of art Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967. Street scene. Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 Mielziner, Joe Sunday mornin' comin' down (song title) Kristofferson, Kris Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Gone. Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983 Firpo, Luis Angel Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938. Of time and the river. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. The killers. Nighthawks (painting) Gas (painting) Night watch (painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669) Sun in an empty room (painting) Rooms by the sea (painting) Early Sunday morning (painting) Hotel room (painting) Intermission (painting) Soir bleu (painting) Night window (painting) Western motel (painting) Hotel lobby (painting) Paris (France) Art--New York (State)--New York. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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