The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts five figures with light skin tones on a dark structure of ladders and scaffolding. In the top right, one figure falls headfirst. On the left, another stands with a hand to their forehead. Figures below climb or cling to the framework. Swirling, wispy white forms rise on the left against a dark background. Handwritten numbers, the word "Crisis," and a signature appear in the lower margin.

Capriccios, Crisis

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.13
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.107.13