Cape Cod Morning

Edward Hopper, Cape Cod Morning, 1950, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.92
Edward Hopper, Cape Cod Morning, 1950, oil on canvas, 34 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄4 in. (86.7 x 102.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.92

Artwork Details

Title
Cape Cod Morning
Artist
Date
1950
Location
Dimensions
34 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄4 in. (86.7 x 102.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Landscape — time — morning
  • Landscape — Massachusetts — Cape Cod
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Figure female — knee length
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — window
Object Number
1986.6.92
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.92

Artwork Description

In Cape Cod Morning, a woman looks out a bay window, riveted by something beyond the pictorial space. She is framed by tall, dark shutters and the shaded façade of the oriel window. The brilliant sunlight on the side of the house contrasts with the blue sky, trees, and golden grass that fill the right half of the canvas. The painting tells no story; instead, the woman’s tense pose creates a sense of anxious anticipation, and the bifurcated image implies a dichotomy between her interior space and the world beyond.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (1 item)

John Adams Whipple, House of General Washington, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1855, salted paper print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.285
House of General Washington, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Artist
Dateca. 1855
salted paper print
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1986.6.100 - SAAM-1986.6.100_2 - 135134
Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.