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Lighthouse Village (also known as Cape Elizabeth)

Lighthouse Village (also known as Cape Elizabeth)

1929
(American, 1882–1967)
America, 20th century
watercolor with gouache over graphite
Sheet: 40.5 x 63.3 cm (15 15/16 x 24 15/16 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.851
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Catalogue raisonné: Levin W-228
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

In an interview published in 1962, Edward Hopper described this watercolor's setting, saying that "I like Maine very much but it gets so cold in fall."

Description

Edward Hopper made this watercolor during the last of several painting excursions that he took to Maine. He had painted the lighthouse at Cape Elizabeth once two years before, but found the structure so interesting that he returned to it in this drawing. Hopper was especially attracted to the varying green tones of the grass and the combination of buildings, each with a different purpose, including one where the lighthouse keepers slept and the three at the bottom where coast guard families lived. He used a slightly different tone of watercolor for each of the structures to accurately convey the reflection of light on them.
  • October 1929
    Edward Hopper, sold to Frank K.M. Rehn, New York, NY
    1929
    (Frank K. M. Rehn, New York, NY, sold to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1929-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hopper, Edward and Jo Hopper. Artist's Ledger Book I. 1993-63. Mentioned: p. 71
    An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1937. Mentioned: p. 20, no. 93
    O'Connor, Jr, John. "Edward Hopper, American Artist." Carnegie Magazine 10, no. 10 (March 1937): 303-306. Mentioned: p. 305
    Coates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: Water Colors and Oils." The New Yorker (May 26, 1945): 67-68. Mentioned: p. 67
    A Survey of Watercolor - U.S.A. from 1870 to 1946. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1946. Reproduced: p. 20, no. 12
    Benesch, Otto, and Lloyd Goodrich. Amerikanische Meister des Aquarells. Vienna: Albertina, 1949. Mentioned: no. 29
    Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Mentioned: p. 58, no. 103
    Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1964. Mentioned: p. 67, no. 103
    Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Reproduced: p. 72
    Little, Carl. Edward Hopper's New England. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1993. Reproduced: plate 21
    Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Mentioned: p. 224
    Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995. Mentioned and reproduced: vol. 2, p. 197, no. W-228
    Lyons, Deborah. Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Work. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997. Mentioned: p. 34.
    Mecklenburg, Virginia M. Edward Hopper: The Watercolors. Exh. Cat. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1999. Mentioned: p. 90-93; reproduced: p. 92
    DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Mentioned: P. 4, 252-253, 297, cat. no. 106; Reproduced: P. 253
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    Edward Hopper. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (September 29 - November 29, 1964).
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    Amerikanische Meister des Aquarells. Albertina, Vienna (October 2 - December 6, 1949).
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    American Watercolor and Winslow Homer. Walker Art Center (organizer) (February 27-March 23, 1945); The Brooklyn Museum (April 3-May 1, 1945); The Detroit Institute of Arts (May 15-June 2, 1945).
    American Watercolor and Winslow Homer. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (February 27 - March 23, 1945); Detroit Institute of Arts (1945); Brooklyn Museum (1945).
    An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (March 11-April 25, 1937).
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    Seventh Annual Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels. Cleveland Museum of Art (January 23 - February 23, 1930).
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