The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented, high-contrast lithograph features overlapping urban and human forms. On our left, fire escapes and signs layer over a city skyline and a large, open eye. Below, a figure with outstretched limbs falls. In the lower right, two profile faces overlap; one looks upward while the other looks right. A dark, grainy mass fills the upper right, looming over a dense, surreal environment.

Capriccios, Environment

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.35
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.107.35