For nearly sixty years from 1908 to 1967, New York City was Edward Hopper’s home and the setting for much of his mature work. Rather than portraying the bustling, modern metropolis it was becoming, Hopper often focused on the quieter, overlooked urban spaces of the city—modest buildings, empty streets, and low, unassuming skylines. By emphasizing the city's more utilitarian corners, he captured the nuances and contradictions of a rapidly evolving city while maintaining a distinctly human, introspective perspective. In New York Train Yard, Hopper’s artistic vision shines through with a unique clarity reserved for his drawings. In the gestural strokes of charcoal along the shoreline, the deep shading between the buildings, and the use of negative space, the present work gives a rare glimpse into the early artistic process and technical prowess of one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century.