Hopper's Pensive Lady In Pink Travels the World

"It's one of the ultimate images of summer: a woman in a short, pink slip sits on a bed, her knees pulled up to her chest, gazing out a window. Her hair is tucked back into a bun. Her bare arms rest lightly on her bare legs."

"Edward Hopper painted her in 1952 for a work called Morning Sun. The picture has been widely reproduced for decades. But on a recent visit to its home at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, it was nowhere to be found."

"'It's on loan right now to an exhibition,' explains Melissa Wolfe, the museum's curator of American art. 'It travels a lot. It's a very well-requested painting.'"

"The museum sometimes turns requests down — the lady needs to rest, after all — but Morning Sun still has a very impressive passport."