(HOPPER, Edward). DU BOIS, Guy Pene

Edward Hopper

First edition. Thin quarto. Bookplate of a noted journalist and historian on the front pastedown, clippings affixed on the page facing the titlepage and on the rear fly, else near fine in a tattered, good only dustwrapper. Inscribed by Edward Hopper: "To J. Owen Grundy of The Villager who not only inspired but generously conducted the campaign that (we hope) will save No. 3 for another century as an historic art center on Washington Square. Edward Hopper." Below this Hopper's wife, the painter Josephine Nivison Hopper, has also signed and dated the sentiment "Mar. 17, 47." The entire inscription is in Edward Hopper's hand except for Josephine Hopper's signature and the date. Laid in is an invitation to a private viewing of the exhibit at the Whitney. Grundy was a journalist on The Villager, a Greenwich Village newspaper, who specialized in the preservation of old buildings. He continued his work as a preservationist in his home of Jersey City, where a park has been named after him.

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