Editing Edward Hopper (section)

=== Death ===
[[File:3 Washington Square North, NYC.JPG|thumb|upright|Where Hopper lived in New York City, 3 Washington Square North]]
[[File:Grabstein Edward Hopper.JPG|thumb|Gravestone of Edward and Josephine Hopper, Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.]]
Hopper died of natural causes in his studio near [[Washington Square Park|Washington Square]] in New York City on May 15, 1967. He was buried two days later in the family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack, New York, his place of birth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grave of Edward Hopper |url=http://www.knerger.de/html/hopperbild__kunst_17.html |website=knerger.de |language=de |access-date=April 3, 2025}}</ref> His wife died ten months later and is buried with him.

Edward Hopper's wife, Josephine, bequeathed their joint collection of over three thousand pieces to the [[Whitney Museum]].<ref>{{harvnb|Wagstaff|2004|p=235}}</ref> Arthayer Sanborn, a Baptist minister who frequently visited their home to care for Edward's sister, Marion, came into possession of three hundred Hopper drawings and paintings. Art historian Gail Levin has highlighted that whereas the Whitney Museum has extensive documentation of how Josephine distributed their couple's pieces, paintings acquired from Sanborn lack [[provenance]] proving the family willingly gifted the trove of pieces Sanborn reported finding in their attic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Alison |last2=Voon |first2=Claire |title=Edward Hopper's treasure trove of artworks was left to the Whitney—so why did some of it end up in the hands of a local reverend? |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/31/edward-hoppers-treasure-trove-of-artworks-was-left-to-the-whitneyso-why-did-some-of-it-end-up-in-the-hands-of-a-local-reverend |website=The Art Newspaper |date=October 31, 2022 |access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> The [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York, [[Des Moines Art Center]], and [[Art Institute of Chicago]] all have significant collections of Hopper paintings.