{"data":{"id":"5785","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":5785,"topgoose_id":18715,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":5785,"title":"(Light at Two Lights)","display_artist_text":"Edward Hopper","display_date":"1927","accession_number":"70.1094","dimensions":"Sheet: 13 15/16 × 20 in. (35.4 × 50.8 cm)","medium":"Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper","department":"collection","classification":"Drawings","credit_line":"Josephine N. Hopper Bequest","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":null,"publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Hopper, \u003cem\u003e(Light at Two Lights)\u003c/em\u003e, 1927. Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 13 15/16 × 20 in. (35.4 × 50.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1094. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eLighthouses were one of Edward Hopper’s favored subjects. He first began sketching them as a student and later went on to paint a number of lighthouses in Maine, including the one pictured in this watercolor, the Cape Elizabeth Light, also known as Two Lights. In 1927, Hopper bought a car and summered in Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland. While there, he made several compositions of the lighthouse using conté, oil, and watercolor. Working on location, he focused on depicting the structure’s stark forms as well as the changing climate conditions. Here, Hopper shows the lighthouse under a brilliant blue sky, the gingerbread trim of the keeper’s house adding a note of decorative whimsy to the otherwise unadorned building.\u003ci\u003e \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"White lighthouse and adjacent keeper's house stand on a grassy hill under a clear blue sky.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-31T10:31:42.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:01:31.505-05:00","images":[{"id":97312,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/5785/70_1094_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"621","type":"artist"}]}}}}