The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph in gestural black-inked lines depicts six figures with light skin tones falling through a textured gray space. In the upper half, four figures tumble, limbs flailing. Below them, two figures are tangled in dark, gnarled roots. On our left, a woman with long dark hair lies horizontally across the roots. On our right, another figure is trapped. Heavy hatching creates deep shadows and conveys violent movement throughout the composition.

Capriccios, Up Rooted

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.27
Location: Not on view
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