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| Artist | Edward Hopper |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Oil painting |
| Dimensions | 84.1 cm × 152.4 cm (331⁄8 in × 60 in) |
| Location | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
Nighthawks is an oil painting. It was painted by American realist painter Edward Hopper in 1942. The picture shows two people sitting in a diner late at night. It is Hopper's most famous work. It is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000. It hangs in the Institute.
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Invoice showing $1971 going to the artist after commission and costs
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Roger Brown's Puerto Rican Wedding (1969). Brown said that the café in the lower left corner of this painting "isn't set up like an imitation of Nighthawks, but still refers to it very much."