◧ Artist: Edward Hopper (1882–1967)
◧ Country: USA
◧ Title: [Nighthawks]
◧ Medium: Oil painting
◧ Painting Size: 84.1 × 152.4 cm (33-1/8" × 60")
◧ Museum: The Art Institute of Chicago, USA 
◧ County of Stamp Issue: USA
◧ Date of Issue: August 27, 1998
◧ Face Value: 32 Cents
◧ Issued as a part of "Four Centuries of American Art"
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Edward Hopper said that [Nighthawks] was inspired by “a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet,” but the image—with its carefully constructed composition and lack of narrative—has a timeless, universal quality that transcends its particular locale. (excerpt from the Art Institute of Chicago)
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