Properties6
TypeArtwork
AuthorEdward Hopper
MovementAmerican Realism
WhereThe Museum of Modern Art
Year1940
Note createdFeb 12, 2026

Gas

Oil on canvas, 26 1/4 × 40 1/4” (66.7 × 102.2 cm). A solitary gas station attendant tends pumps at twilight beside a darkening forest road. Hopper’s signature themes of isolation and quiet tension in the American landscape, suffused with the melancholy light of dusk.