Levin 82. Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500 printed between 1924-25 by Peter Platt on Van Gelder paper. Night Shadows
From the series Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924

"A cinematic masterpiece of urban isolation, Night Shadows (1921) captures the quintessential 'Hopperesque' moment. Viewed from a dramatic, high-angle perspective, a lone figure traverses a deserted New York street, cast against the stark, rhythmic shadows of a streetlamp. This etching represents the bridge between the 19th-century tonalism of Whistler and the modern psychological realism that would define American art. By using a bold, deep black ink on Van Gelder paper, Hopper transforms a mundane city corner into a site of profound narrative tension—proving that light and shadow are not merely technical tools, but the primary actors in the modern city's drama