Edward Hopper
House with Fence (Gloucester)

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Artist Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)American, 1882–1967

CultureAmerican

Titles

House with Fence (Gloucester)

Date1923

MediumWatercolor over graphite with scratching out on wove paper

DimensionsOpening (sheet): 11 5/16 × 17 1/2 in. (28.7 × 44.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Collection

Object number2021.110

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 1923; to Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York, October 19241; [Rehn Gallery, New York, 1924-1929]; purchased by Professor Arthur P. Saunders (1869–1953), 1929-19532; by inheritance, to A. P. Saunders daughter, Olivia Saunders Wood (1904 – 1948) and husband, Robert Wood SR. (b. ? – 1943), then passed on to son Robert Wood Jr. and wife, until 19653; [Jane Wade, Ltd, New York, 1965-before 1973]; purchased from gallery by George M. Irwin, by 19734; [James Goodman Gallery, NY and Coe Kerr Gallery, NY, possibly 1982 – 1990]; no recorded purchase from either gallery5; [Kennedy Galleries, Inc., NY, possibly 1990-August 19946; Collection of Nancy Glanville (1927-2020), August 15, 1994-20207; Estate of Nancy Glanville, 2020-2021; given to MFAH from the Glanville Estate, 2021

1 See Rehn Gallery, Record Book Entry, book 1, p. 61, October 1924 (see Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonne, vol. II, p. 41, W. 71.).
2 It was purchased along with the watercolor Manhattan Bridge Entrance (see Mecklenberg Edward Hopper-The Watercolors, 1999, p. 97; also published archival records from the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art and auction records for Manhattan Bridge Entrance).
3 Mrs. Robert W. Wood, Jr., loaned the watercolor to the following exhibitions:
• May 10 – June 7, 1964, Edward Hopper Oils, Watercolors, Prints Exhibition, The Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. (NOTE: A.P. Saunders was a professor at this college).
• September 30, 1964 – May 9, 1965, Edward Hopper Retrospective Exhibition
The Whitney Museum of American Art, September 30 – Nov. 29, 1964; Art Institute of Chicago, December 1964 – January 1965; Detroit Institute of Arts, February – March 1965; City Art Museum of St. Louis, April - May 1965
4 See Quincy Art Club 50th Anniversary Exhibition: The Art of the Early 20’s, Quincy Art Club, Illinois, 1973 (note: George M. Irwin was very involved with the arts community in Quincy, IL); Margaret M. Sullivan, Selections from the Collection of George M. Irwin, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, March 2-April 13, 1980; Edward Hopper: the Art and the Artist, September 1980-February 1982 [on view: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept 1980 – Jan 1981; Hayward Gallery, London, Feb – March 1981; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April – June 1981; Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, July – Sept 1981; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct – Nov 1981; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Dec 1981 – Feb, 1982
5 See James Goodman Gallery advertisement in Antiques Magazine, February 1990, V. 137, p. 418; also e-mail correspondence with gallery. See Frick Art Reference Library Archival Records regarding Coe Kerr Gallery; also e-mail correspondence with Frick Archives.
6 See label on back of frame.
7 Mrs. Glanville, along with her husband James, were passionate about American art. She spent many years serving on the MFAH subcommittee of American Paintings & Sculpture and had a close relationship with the former curator of American Art at the MFAH, Emily Neff.

Exhibition History"Edward Hopper Oils, Watercolors, Prints," The Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, May 10–June 7, 1964.

"Edward Hopper Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1964–1965.

"Quincy Art Club 50th Anniversary Exhibition: The Art of the Early 20’s," Quincy Art Club, Illinois, January 7–28, 1973.

"Portrait of a Place," Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 22–October 16, 2023. (OL.1556)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in watercolor, bottom right corner: Edward Hopper / Gloucester 1923

Upper left edge: partial J WHATMAN 1921 watermark

Catalogue raisonnéLevin, Gail 1995; Levin, Gail 1979

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