New York Movie, 1939
Oil on canvas, 81.9 x 101.9 cm
Oil on canvas, 81.9 x 101.9 cm
Collection, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York
Modern Art, New York
Painted by Edward Hopper
The 1939 New York Movie offers a parallel to this picture.
The space is obviously divided in two space and the portion of the canvas is dwarfed by the monumentality of the interior, with its proscenium, its ornate ceiling and lighting, the columns and drapes, the passage and stairs. It is energized interior; the very dynamism of its design is a stark contrast to the torpor of the actress at right. The actress seems as absorbed in a world of her own. Her isolation is reinforced by the perspective of the composition, which directs our attention firstly to the wall that divides the cinema auditorium from the exit, and then to the fact that from where she is standing the actress cannot see the screen.
The space is obviously divided in two space and the portion of the canvas is dwarfed by the monumentality of the interior, with its proscenium, its ornate ceiling and lighting, the columns and drapes, the passage and stairs. It is energized interior; the very dynamism of its design is a stark contrast to the torpor of the actress at right. The actress seems as absorbed in a world of her own. Her isolation is reinforced by the perspective of the composition, which directs our attention firstly to the wall that divides the cinema auditorium from the exit, and then to the fact that from where she is standing the actress cannot see the screen.
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