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Stilled lives : homage to Edward Hopper /
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Title:

Stilled lives: homage to Edward Hopper

Creator/Contributor:

Thompson, Kirk, creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Portfolio of oversize color photographs taken as homage to painter Edward Hopper. Most subjects are brightly sunlit storefronts of San Francisco, many of them empty and/or built early in the 20th century. Identified establishments depicted include Little City Press, Second Coming Annex, Dress Best for Less, Bernie Kelly Real Estate Development, Kramer's Barber Shop, Golden Boy Pizza and Circle TV. Also includes images of solitary figures, one at a reception desk inside an office, another smoking a cigar on the sidewalk.

Date:

2006 (issued)

Subject:

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Storefronts -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Devantures de magasin -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Storefronts
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
Hopper, Edward -- 1816-1888 -- Influence
Hopper, Edward -- 1816-1888

Note:

Kirk Thompson.
Title and date from printed title sheet.
Also includes printed title sheet.
Gift ; of Kirk Thompson ; 2020.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Digital prints.

Physical Description:

photoprint
10 photographs in 1 portfolio : digital color prints ; sheets 43 x 62 cm

Language:

English

Origin:

California