Cape Cod Morning

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: Edward Hopper
Date: 1950
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1st Floor
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South Wing
Dimensions: 34 ¹⁄₈ x 40 ¹⁄₄ in. (86.7 x 102.3 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on canvas
Classifications: Painting
Highlights: 20th Century
Subjects: Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
Architecture Exterior — detail — window
Figure female — knee length
Landscape — Massachusetts — Cape Cod
Landscape — time — morning
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.

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Exhibitions

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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.