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

    offset lithograph in black and grey-green inks 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

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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