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The Lighthouse at Two Lights

Edward Hopper American
1929
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 757
In this work, Hopper isolates the dramatic silhouette of a lighthouse against an open expanse of blue sky. Set on a rocky promontory in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, the architecture is bathed in bright sunlight offset by dark shadows. Standing proudly upright and seen from below, the lighthouse at Two Lights seems to symbolize a resolute resistance, even refusal, to submit to change or nature. For Hopper, who had been summering in Maine since 1914, the lighthouse also signified a pleasurable reprieve from life in New York.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Lighthouse at Two Lights
  • Artist: Edward Hopper (American, Nyack, New York 1882–1967 New York)
  • Date: 1929
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 29 1/4 × 43 in. (74.3 × 109.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Hugo Kastor Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.95
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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