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The Locomotive by Edward Hopper

The Locomotive

1923

Etching

Museum of Modern Art

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An etching depicts a large locomotive engine with several figures standing nearby, set against a backdrop of an arched structure and distant buildings. The scene is rendered in stark black and white with strong contrasts and visible hatching.

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American Modernism locomotive train engine figures men arched structure strong diagonals deep space asymmetrical balance worm's-eye view industrial scene urban scene

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