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The Sheridan Theatre
The Sheridan Theatre

The Sheridan Theatre

Artist (American, 1882 - 1967)
Date1937
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 23 1/2 x W 31 1/2 x D 3 1/8 in. (H 59.7 x W 80 x D 7.9 cm)
Overall: H 17 x W 25 in. (H 43.2 x W 63.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 1940 Felix Fuld Bequest Fund
Object number40.118
On View
On view
Object NamePainting
Title Details
Primary Title The Sheridan Theatre
Remarks verso label
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. "Edward Hopper"Marks and Labels/Stampson file: printed and handwritten paper label "7 SANTINI / BROTHERS / FINE ARTS DIVISION / 12 / _ / 3987"; handwritten, black ink "[underlined] THE SHERIDAN THEATRE / EDWARD HOPPER"; printed paper label "THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO / SHIPPING ROOM / CONDITION OF CONTENTS / DATE [--illegible] 2 [portion torn] 45 THE ITEMS CHECKED BE [---torn] / R.O. No. AGED AS NOT [---torn]"; printed paper label "Do not hang / in direct sunlight / or over / heating vent"; printed and typed paper label "MUSEE RATH / genève / Edward Hopper / [underlined] The Sheridan Theatre, 1937 / Exposition au Musée Rath, Genève, / du 8 octobre 1991 au 12 janvier 1992"; printed and typed paper label "Detach and fasten on back of work in upper left hand corner / INVITED / THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO / American Painitngs and Sculpture / Fifty-fourth Annual Exhibition / Artist Edward Hopper / Address / Title Sheridan Theatre / Price $1000.- / Return Address Newark Museum / 43 Washington St., Newark, N.J."; printed and typed paper label "WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 945 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 / Artist Edward Hopper / Title The Sheridan Theatre / Date 1937 Catalogue No. 344 / Lender The Newark Museum / Edward Hopper: Art and Artist / Exhibition 9/16/80 - 1/18/81"; printed and handwritten paper label "AMERICAN TASTE IN ART / Title The Sheridan Theatre Price 1000- / Name Edward Hopper / Address Rebu Gallery 683-5th Ave. / Fill out both cards. Attach to work of art so that on can be / torn off by the Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., Phila., Pa."; printed and typed paper label "From / THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS / BROAD AND CHERRY STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102 / EDWARD HOPPER EXHIBITION / September 24 - November 28, 1971 / THE SHERIDAN THEATRE / Lent by the Newark Museum, New Jersey / TR#1127"; printed and handwritten paper label "FUNDAÇÃO BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO / Caixa no 31 / rocesso no 52655 /67 / S. Paulo, em: 2/9/1967 / [signature---illegible] / A.F.I.A."; printed and typed paper label "BIENNIAL OF SÃO PAULO / I / Name and surname: Edward Hopper / Title of work: The Sheridan Theatre, 1936-37 / Category and dimmensions: Painting HIGH-WIDE 17 x 25" / Technique: Oil on canvas / Sale price: US$ NFS / Owner: The Newark Museum / Address, Newark, New Jersey / Please attach one of this [sic] labels on the back of / the work; for sculpture, attach it below the base." printed paper label "report damage / to object, picture or frame, immediately by telegraph, and request instructions from: / International Art Program / National Coalition of Fine Arts / Smithsonian Institution / Washington, D.C. 20560 / do not touch or repair / UNTIL INSTRUCTIONS ARE RECEIVED"; printed and typed paper label "Artist: Edward Hopper Exhibition: IX Sao Paulo Bienal / Title: The Sheridan Theatre, 1936-37 Catalog No.: 19 x / Medium: Oil on canvas: Painitng Project No., 67-07 / Lender: The Newark Museum / Newark, New Jersey / INTERNATIONAL ART PROGRAM, NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20560 / SI/NCFA 2829 3-7-67"ProvenanceFrank M. Rehn, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Edward Hopper’s New York ", Whitney Museum of American Art (10/20/2022 – 3/5/2023)
"Edward Hopper", Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, 6/12 - 9/16/2012, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 10/5/2012 - 2/3/2013
"Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (October 27, 2010 - April 10, 2011)
"Edward Hopper from the Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art", Fondazione Roma Museo, Rome, Italy (February 16 - June 13, 2010); Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, (June 25 - October 17, 2010)
"At the Movies: Edward Hopper's The Sheridan Theatre", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 22 - August 19, 2007).
"Edward Hopper Retrospective," Tate Modern, London, England (May 27 - Sept. 5, 2004); Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany (October 9, 2004 - January 9, 2005)
"From the Collection: 20th Century American Art", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (January 12 - March 5, 2001)
"Edward Hopper and the American Imagination," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (June 21 - October 15, 1995)
"Edward Hopper Retrospective," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (January 25 - April 26, 1992)
"Edward Hopper 1882-1967," Musee d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (October 1991 - May 1992)
"Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, (September 16, 1980 - January 18, 1981)
"Edward Hopper", Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia (September 1971)
"Memorial Exhibit of Work by Recently Deceased Members", American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, New York (1971)
International Art Program Brazil, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. (1967)
"Realism Revisted" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan (April 27 - May 30, 1966).
"Artists in New York - Paintings of the City, 1850-1950," Museum of the City of New York, New York, New York (March - September 1958)
"Tercentennial celebration exhibition", Downtown Gallery, New York, New York (February 16 - March 7, 1953)
"54th Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture", Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, llinois (October 28 - December 12, 1943)
"Fifty Paintings by Living American Artists," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 22- June 22, 1940)
New Britain Museum of Natural History and Art, New Britain, Connecticut (Febuary 1940)

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