Office in a Small City
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Office in a Small City is a 1953 oil painting by the American realist painter Edward Hopper. It is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488730|title=Office in a Small City|publisher= Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date= October 10, 2018}}
The painting depicts a man sitting in a corner office surveying the cityscape outdoors. The painting depicts loneliness and beauty in a uniquely stark yet pleasing fashion, a common theme amongst Hopper's works. It was described by Hopper's wife, Josephine, as "the man in concrete wall."
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