Editing Edward Hopper (section)

===Art market===
Works by Hopper rarely appear on the market. The artist was not prolific, painting just 366 canvases; during the 1950s, when he was in his 70s, he produced approximately five paintings a year.

Hopper's longtime dealer, Frank Rehn, who gave the artist his first solo show in 1924, sold ''Hotel Window'' (1956) to collector Olga Knoepke for $7,000 ({{Inflation|US|7000|1957|fmt=eq}}) in 1957. In 1999, the Forbes Collection sold it to actor [[Steve Martin]] privately for around $10&nbsp;million. In 2006, Martin sold it for $26.89&nbsp;million at [[Sotheby's]] New York, an auction record for the artist at that time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vogel |first=Carol |title=Edward Hopper Paintings Change at Whitney Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/arts/design/06voge.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pollock |first=Linsay |title=Steve Martin Hopper, Wistful Rockwell Break Auction Records |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRepCiBBQn7Q |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |date=November 29, 2006 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930020943/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRepCiBBQn7Q&refer=muse}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia]] put Hopper's ''[[East Wind Over Weehawken]]'' (1934) up for sale, hoping to garner $22–$28&nbsp;million to establish a fund to acquire contemporary art.<ref>{{cite news |last=Salisbury |first=Stephan |title=Pennsylvania Academy to sell Hopper painting |url=http://articles.philly.com/2013-08-29/news/41542141_1_edward-hopper-hopper-painting-crystal-bridges-museum |work=Philly.com |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022184912/http://articles.philly.com/2013-08-29/news/41542141_1_edward-hopper-hopper-painting-crystal-bridges-museum}}</ref><ref name="JerseyJournal" /> The painting, a street scene rendered in dark, earthy tones depicting the gabled house at 1001 [[Boulevard East]] at the corner of 49th Street in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]], is considered one of Hopper's best works.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Art |title=Hopper comes home: Woman buys modern version of $40M painting depicting her house on Boulevard East |url=http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/24301673/article-Hopper-comes-home--Woman-buys-modern-version-of-%2440M-painting-depicting-her-house-on-Boulevard-East-- |work=Hudson Reporter |date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409184318/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/24301673/article-Hopper-comes-home--Woman-buys-modern-version-of-%2440M-painting-depicting-her-house-on-Boulevard-East--?instance=search_results}}</ref> It was acquired directly from the dealer handling the artist's paintings in 1952, fifteen years before the death of the painter. The painting sold for a record-breaking $36&nbsp;million at [[Christie's]] in New York, to an anonymous telephone bidder.<ref name="JerseyJournal">{{cite news |last=Carswell |first=Vonecia |title=1934 'East Wind Over Weehawken' painting sells for $36M at Christie's auction |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/12/1934_east_wind_over_weehawken.html |work=The Jersey Journal |date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>

In 2018, after the death of art collector [[Barney A. Ebsworth]] and the subsequent auction of many pieces from his collection, ''[[Chop Suey (painting)|Chop Suey]]'' (1929) was sold for $91.9&nbsp;million, becoming the most expensive of Hopper's works ever bought at auction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46205604 |title=Hopper's Chop Suey in record-breaking $92m sale |date=November 14, 2018 |website=BBC News |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reyburn |first=Scott |title=Hopper Painting Sells for Record $91.9 Million at Christie's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/arts/design/hopper-painting-christies-auction.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 13, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>