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| | Guardian | Man and muse |
 | | On the far wall, between the windows and beside his easel, he placed a mirror; when he looked at it he could see into the studio behind his, which was occupied by his wife, Josephine Nivison Hopper. |
 | | She, in turn, was watching him: on the walls of her now empty studio there remains a portrait she painted of Edward Hopper, his face bleak yet monumental against a thick white background. |
 | | When she married Edward Hopper, Josephine Nivison was 41, and had been painting successfully for 16 years. |
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