Why it matters
A young woman sits at her sewing machine facing a window on a sunny day, with the yellow brick of a New York building outside. It is one of the first of Hopper's many 'window paintings', often read as a commentary on solitude.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1921.
- It inspired Mary Leader's poem of the same name.
- It is in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.
Based on the Wikipedia article Girl at Sewing Machine (CC BY-SA 4.0).
