Help, Please?

[stoutfellow]

There's a painting that just popped into my mind's eye that I can't identify. I may have seen the original, but more likely I've just seen a print in a book. I think it was painted sometime between 1930 and 1960 in the US; only one of my references here covers that period, and that painting isn't in it. I'm hoping someone can help me ID it.

The painting depicts a diner at night, from outside; the diner is well-lit against the surrounding darkness (there may be a streetlamp, but nothing else), and there are a number of well-dressed (in '30s or '40s clothing, if I recall correctly) patrons. I'm not sure whether there are tables; as I visualize it, the patrons are mostly seated on stools at the counter.

Does that description ring a bell for anyone?

Comments

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

ok just found it:
it's called "Nighthawks" by Hopper
http://edwardhopper.info/painting/Nighthawks.html

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

oh and here's the link to the piece at the museum:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/modern/highlight_item?acc=1942.51&page=10

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the one - I recognized the name as soon as you gave it - and that's where I must have seen it. Thanks mucho!