Storm Clouds, Cape Cod (Sturmwolken uber Cape Cod)

1949

George Grosz

Associated Names
George Grosz

Artist, American, born Germany, 1893 - 1959

The image depicts a landscape with a path leading to a shoreline. A solitary house is located on the left side of the composition, surrounded by swirling brushstrokes indicating movement in the air and vegetation. The house looks weathered and is slightly elevated above the path leading to the water. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic palette of black, white, and gray, capturing the interaction of clouds and waves. Dynamic lines create a sense of wind-swept dunes and a turbulent sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.23 × 33.18 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Duckers 1979, no. E 110


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1979

  • Duckers, Alexander. George Grosz: Das druckgraphische Werk. Frankfurt am Main: Propylaen Verlag, 1979, no. E 110.

Wikidata ID

Q65225119

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