Accession Number
1954/1.112

Title
Storm Clouds, Cape Cod (Strumwolken uber Cape Cod)

Artist(s)
George Grosz

Artist Nationality
German (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1949

Medium & Support
lithograph on paper

Dimensions
8 7/8 x 13 in. (22.5 x 33 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Carl F. Clarke

Subject matter
After his emigration to the United States, George Grosz largely replaced the scathing social commentary and brutal subject matter for which he was famous with more painterly landscapes and nudes; while in America the artist made several sojourns to Cape Cod, whose seashores would provide the setting for numerous landscape watercolors and prints in which sand dunes feature prominently.

Physical Description
In the top left corner a house lies on top of a hill of sand dunes covered with grasses, with the ocean to the right and storm clouds swirling overhead

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Cape Cod
clouds
dunes
grass (plant material)
houses
landscapes (environments)
seashores
storms
wind (weather phenomena)