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Dust Storm

c. 1941

Robert Riggs

Associated Names

Robert Riggs

Artist, American, 1896 - 1970

The image shows a horse-drawn wagon moving through a dark, stormy atmosphere. The horizon is low, with the figures silhouetted against it. The horses and wagon are prominent, with two figures riding on the wagon and one leading the horses. Another person stands slightly to the right. The brushstrokes or shading technique creates a somber, moody texture. The color palette is monochromatic, dominated by shades of gray and black. The composition emphasizes the movement of the wagon through the environment.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Ingrid Rose in memory of her husband Milton Rose
Dimensions

image: 35.56 × 35.24 cm (14 × 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 51.12 × 50.8 cm (20 1/8 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2018.37.7
Catalogue Raisonné

Bassham 1986, 80

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA by Ingrid Rose, Washington, DC, 2018.

Associated Names

Rose, Ingrid

Bibliography

1986

Bassham, Ben. The Lithographs of Robert Riggs, With a Catalogue Raisonné. Philadelphia, PA: Art Alliance Press, 1986, p. 96, no. 80.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right, below image: Robert Riggs- ; along left edge: [in unknown hand] original lithograph, signed - Robert Riggs

Wikidata ID

Q77262732

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