◧ Artist: Edward Hopper (1882–1967)
◧ Country: USA
◧ Title: [Automat]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 71.4 × 91.4 cm (28" × 36")
◧ Country: USA
◧ Title: [Automat]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 71.4 × 91.4 cm (28" × 36")
◧ Museum: Des Moines Art Center, Iwoa, USA
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◧ County of Stamp Issue: USA
◧ Date of Issue: May 28, 1998
◧ Face Value: 32 Cents
◧ Issued as a part of "Celebrate the Century" series. 1920's - American Realism
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The painting portrays a lone woman staring into a cup of coffee in an automat at night. The reflection of identical rows of light fixtures stretches out through the night-blackened window.
Hopper's wife, Jo, served as the model for the woman. However, Hopper altered her face to make her younger (Jo was 44 in 1927). He also altered her figure; Jo was a curvy, full-figured woman, while one critic has described the woman in the painting as "'boyish' (that is, flat-chested)".
As is often the case in Hopper's paintings, both the woman's circumstances and her mood are ambiguous. She is well-dressed and is wearing makeup, which could indicate either that she is on her way to or from work at a job where personal appearance is important, or that she is on her way to or from a social occasion. (excerpt from Wikipedia)
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