The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts skeletal figures and horses rendered in frantic white lines against a dark, textured background. Centered, a skeletal horse leaps leftward, while in the lower left, a horse's skull points downward. On the right, two skeletal figures grasp long, thin spears. Floating in the upper left, a large, grinning skull gazes across the scene. Closely spaced, scribbled marks define the chaotic, ghostly forms.

Capriccios, Heroics

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.39
Location: Not on view
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