The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 21, 2026

A horizontally oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a man walking away on our right, carrying a bucket and sack. Two harnessed mules stand centrally under a gnarled tree beside a plow. To our left, a barn tops a distant hill. Rhythmic, swirling lines and deep shadows sculpt the rolling ground and dense foliage. Thick, dark clouds churn above white, billowing formations in the sky.

Approaching Storm

1938

Thomas Hart Benton

(American, 1889–1975)
America
lithograph
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1940.30
Art © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Catalogue raisonné: Fath 25, New Edition, 1979
Location: Not on view
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Mentioned: p. 19 archive.org
  • Presentation Prints of the Print Club of Cleveland: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 13-December 2, 1959).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.30