Automat
1927 · Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
One cup of coffee, one glove still on, and a window behind her that reflects nothing but two rows of ceiling lights.
★ 6.8
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Room in New York
1932 · Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln
He reads the paper, she touches one key of the piano, and we are watching from the street through their window.
★ 6.8
Rooms by the Sea
1951 · Private collection
A door opens straight onto the water with no shore in between, and the only other thing in the picture is sunlight on a wall.
★ 6.6