The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a weathered face with wild white hair and a beard floating amid dark, swirling clouds. The figure glares toward our right with wide eyes and a furrowed brow. Below, dark rectangular forms and sharp shards explode outward from a bright, central burst. Frenetic wavy patterns fill the lower right corner, while handwritten notations are scrawled across the white margin at the bottom.

Capriccios, Fate

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.17
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.107.17