Soir Bleu ☳ Hopper ☵ Canvas sunset the cowboy is attired in

the cowboy is attired in a wide-brimmed hat

Symbolically

Here he depicts a densely overcast day with some wind

his left hand forming a mudra of power with two upturned fingers from which rise a cloud of smoke

Soir Bleu ☳ Hopper ☵ Canvas sunset the cowboy is attired inSoir Bleu (1914) by Edward Hopper was painted in Paris, and titled in French (Blue Evening). It depicts an assortment of people gathered on a terrace, sitting around small tables with Chinese lanterns overhead. On the far left, a man smokes a cigarette; in the center, another smoker and a military officer share a table with a clown in bright white costume; a heavily made up woman stands behind them; and on the far right sit a couple in fancy dress.