Why it matters
An older woman reads a newspaper on a sunlit balcony while a younger one sits on the railing. Hopper called it 'an attempt to paint sunlight as white with almost no yellow pigment', adding that 'any psychological idea will have to be supplied by the viewer'.
Did you know?
- It was finished on 15 September 1960.
- Hopper's wife Josephine posed for both women.
- Hopper named it one of his personal favourites.
Based on the Wikipedia article Second Story Sunlight (CC BY-SA 4.0).
