The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented black-and-white lithograph depicts a massive, distorted figure with wide-set eyes and an open mouth at the top. A brilliant, diagonal beam of light cuts through swirling, high-contrast textures toward a smaller, splayed figure in the lower right. In the bottom margin, handwritten text reads "Fall of the Gods" alongside a signature and the edition number "49/50."

Capriccios, Fall of the Gods

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.3
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.107.3