Edward Hopper: Drawings of New York and Cape Cod

Illustrating the tension between stillness and impending motion, Orleans visualizes the town from the point of view of a driver deciding whether to continue straight onto Main Street or to veer off to the right and take Route 6A.

Portrait of Orleans , 1950, Oil on canvas, 26 x 40 inches, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1991.32