The lonely view from a room in Brooklyn

Edward Hopper provides few clues about the location or even the season in his haunting 1932 painting “Room in Brooklyn.”

It’s a stark, isolating view of flat, impenetrable Brooklyn rooftops and a lone figure brushed by light in a neatened bedroom.

Is she reading? Contemplating? Or perhaps she’s looking down on the sidewalk, anticipating a guest’s arrival.