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accession number: 1930.851
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Lighthouse Village (also known as Cape Elizabeth), 1929. Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967). Watercolor with gouache over graphite; sheet: 40.5 x 63.3 cm (15 15/16 x 24 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1930.851. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
title: Lighthouse Village (also known as Cape Elizabeth)
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
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creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
copyright: © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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culture: America
technique: watercolor with gouache over graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Levin W-228
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CREATORS
* Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 40.5 x 63.3 cm (15 15/16 x 24 15/16 in.)
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description: cream wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower right, in black gouache: Edward Hopper / Cape Elizabeth
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper
opening date: 1937-03-11T05:00:00
An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (March 11-April 25, 1937).
title: American Watercolor and Winslow Homer
opening date: 1945-02-27T04:00:00
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).
title: Watercolor USA: A Survey of Watercolor from 1870 to 1946
opening date: 1946-04-24T05:00:00
Watercolor USA: A Survey of Watercolor from 1870 to 1946. Walker Art Center (organizer) (April 24-May 28, 1946); National Gallery of Art (May 17-August 1, 1946).
title: Amerikanische Meister des Aquarells
opening date: 1949-10-02T05:00:00
Amerikanische Meister des Aquarells. Albertina, Wien, Austria (organizer) (October 2-December 6, 1949).
title: Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition
opening date: 1950-02-11T05:00:00
Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (February 11-March 26, 1950); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (April 13-14, 1950); The Detroit Institute of Arts (June 4-July 2, 1950).
title: Edward Hopper
opening date: 1964-09-29T04:00:00
Edward Hopper. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 29-November 29, 1964).
title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
title: Edward Hopper's Maine: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, 1914-1929
opening date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00
Edward Hopper's Maine: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, 1914-1929. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME (organizer) (July 15-October 16, 2011).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Seventh Annual Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels. Cleveland Museum of Art (January 23 - February 23, 1930).', 'opening_date': '1930-01-23T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Edward Hopper, sold to Frank K.M. Rehn, New York, NY
date: October 1929
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(Frank K. M. Rehn, New York, NY, sold to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: 1929
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1929-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Hopper, Edward and Jo Hopper. Artist's Ledger Book I. 1993-63.
page number: Mentioned: p. 71
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An Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, and Etchings by Edward Hopper. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1937.
page number: Mentioned: p. 20, no. 93
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O'Connor, Jr, John. "Edward Hopper, American Artist." Carnegie Magazine 10, no. 10 (March 1937): 303-306.
page number: Mentioned: p. 305
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Francis, Henry. "Museum Water Colors and the Thirteenth Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 24, no. 3 (March 1937): 39-41
page number: Mentioned: p. 40
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137832
Coates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: Water Colors and Oils." The New Yorker (May 26, 1945): 67-68.
page number: Mentioned: p. 67
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A Survey of Watercolor - U.S.A. from 1870 to 1946. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1946.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20, no. 12
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Benesch, Otto, and Lloyd Goodrich. Amerikanische Meister des Aquarells. Vienna: Albertina, 1949.
page number: Mentioned: no. 29
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Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950.
page number: Mentioned: p. 58, no. 103
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Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1964.
page number: Mentioned: p. 67, no. 103
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Goodrich, Lloyd. Edward Hopper. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989.
page number: Reproduced: p. 72
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Little, Carl. Edward Hopper's New England. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: plate 21
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Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
page number: Mentioned: p. 224
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Levin, Gail. Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: vol. 2, p. 197, no. W-228
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Lyons, Deborah. Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Work. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997.
page number: Mentioned: p. 34.
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Mecklenburg, Virginia M. Edward Hopper: The Watercolors. Exh. Cat. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1999.
page number: Mentioned: p. 90-93; reproduced: p. 92
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DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: P. 4, 252-253, 297, cat. no. 106; Reproduced: P. 253
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Salatino, Kevin. "Edward Hopper's Maine." American Art Review 23, no. 4 (July-August 2011): 88-93, 111.
page number: Reproduced: p. 92
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Salatino, Kevin. Edward Hopper's Maine. Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned: p. 28, no. 55; reproduced: no. 55
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