''Girl at Sewing Machine'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist

Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realism painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in depicting modern American life and landscapes. Born in Nyack, New York, to a ...

, executed in 1921, now in the

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. It portrays a young woman sitting at a

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facing a window on a beautiful sunny day. The location appears to be

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as is evident from the yellow bricks in the window. The exterior vantage point, although present, only aids in putting the interior activity in perspective. It is one of the first of Hopper's many "window paintings". Hopper's repeated decision to pose a young woman against her sewing is said to be a commentary on solitude. The painting is the inspiration for Mary Leader's poem of the same name.

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