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2、upportoftheartsduringthe1960sand19705,PhilipMorrishasestablishedcloseandspecialtieswiththeWhitneyMuseumandhassponsoredseveralmajorexhibitionsdealingwiththehistoryofourcountryandourpeople.Incontemporaryterms,ifwewanttoknowwherewecamefromandwhoweare,wewoulddowell,Ibe!iee,toturntoth
3、elifeworkofEdwardHopper.HiscanvashasloggedmuchofAmericainthefirsttwo-thirdsofthetwentiethvisualdepictionofourmoderncentury,andappearstoofferacomprehensivecharacterandidentity.Withheseemstohaverecordedthefrankness,precision,andsympathy,everydaysenseoflifeinthecitiesandtownsandalong
4、thecoastsofourna-starkdirectness.Hopperhasbecome-tion.Andbecausehedidsowithsuchperhapsmorethananyother-themajorartist-biographerofthiscentury.TheAmericanisnowpresentedinallitsstrikingfullnesslifeheexaminedMuseuminthemostextensiveandcompleteexhibitionofhisattheWhitneyworkeverpresen
5、ted.Hopper'scareerinterlacedwiththehistoryoftheWhit-neyatseveralcriticaljunctures,andthebequestofhisworktotheMuseum,permanent.ofcourse,makestherelationshipForPhilipMorris,itisanhonortobeabletocontributetotherealizationoutstandingofthisexhil^itionwhichexpressestheassociationbetween
6、anmuseumartandagreatAmericanartist-anassociationthat,oneofAmericanhopes,willinspireothers.GeorgeWeissmanChairmanoftheBoardPhilipMorrisIncorporatedEDWARDHOPPEREdwardandJoHopperinSouthTruro,Massachusetts,i960.Photograph©ArnoldNewman.EDWARDHOPPERTHEARTANDTUEARTISTGAILLEVINW-W-NORTON&
7、COMPANY-NEWYORK-LONDONINASSOCIATIONWITHTHEWHITNEYMUSEUMOFAMERICANARTThis&CompanyinassociationwiththeWhitneybook,publishedbyW.W.NortonMuseumofAmericanArt,accompaniestheexhibition"EdwardHopper:TheArtandtheArtist"Museum,sponsoredbyPhiUpMorrisIncorporatedandtheattheWhitneyNationalEndo
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