The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 6, 2026

A vertically oriented oil painting with thick brushstrokes depicts a weathered door on our right, opening onto a nighttime landscape. Mottled paint flecks of brown, gray, and green cover the door's surface. In the lower left, a small dark bird stands on the threshold amidst tall, dry grasses rendered in fine streaks. Through the gap, dark hills rise beneath a bright full moon in a cloudy sky.

The Inner Vision

1953–1954

Anthony J. Vaiksnoras

(American, 1918–1973)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on compo board
Unframed: 118.1 x 43.2 cm (46 1/2 x 17 in.)
Cleveland Traveling Exhibitions Fund 1954.282
Location: Not on view
  • Anthony J. Vaiksnoras Entry Card to 1954 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Anthony Vaiksnoras collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Waldman, Lawrence, and Henry Adams. Strange and Lonely Spaces: Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930 - 1960. 2021. Reproduced: p. 77, fig. 50
  • Untitled Exhibition. Intown Club, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-October 6, 1970).
    The May Show: 36th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 13, 1954).
  • {{cite web|title=The Inner Vision|url=false|author=Anthony J. Vaiksnoras|year=1953–1954|access-date=06 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.282