{"data":{"id":"7014","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":7014,"topgoose_id":18713,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":7014,"title":"Night Shadows","display_artist_text":"Edward Hopper","display_date":"1921","accession_number":"70.1048","dimensions":"Sheet (irregular): 13 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (33.8 × 36.8 cm)\r\nPlate: 6 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (17.5 × 21 cm)","medium":"Etching","department":"collection","classification":"Prints","credit_line":"Josephine N. Hopper Bequest","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":"Final state","publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Hopper, \u003cem\u003eNight Shadows\u003c/em\u003e, 1921. Etching, sheet (irregular): 13 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (33.8 × 36.8 cm)\r\nPlate: 6 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (17.5 × 21 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1048. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1915 to 1923, Edward Hopper concentrated on printmaking, producing etchings and drypoints while also supporting himself as a commercial artist and illustrator. Although Hopper was still relatively unknown as a painter during this period, his prints began to earn him recognition. In this nocturnal scene, \u003ci\u003eNight Shadows\u003c/i\u003e, he uses linear strokes of etched line to portray a patch of raking light on an otherwise dark, nearly empty street. With its unusual vantage point suggesting a view out of an upper-story window, the composition emphasizes the vulnerability of the lone passerby and assumes a voyeuristic, even ominous tone. Like many of Hopper’s works, \u003ci\u003eNight Shadows\u003c/i\u003e presents modern life as pervaded by a sense of solitude and alienation.\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"A lone person walks across a lighted street under towering machinery casting long shadows.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-31T10:31:41.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:01:31.491-05:00","images":[{"id":98442,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/7014/70_1048_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"621","type":"artist"}]}}}}