The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a man with a long white beard gazing upward and to our left with wide eyes and open mouth. His skeletal right hand reaches up, while his left hand clenches a gnarled staff on our right. Scratchy white lines define the figure against a dark, grainy background, beneath a large, textured form. Handwritten inscriptions and numbering appear in the bottom margin.

Capriccios, The Old Man

1953–56

William Gropper

(American, 1897–1977)
America
lithograph
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Litton 1981.107.49
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.107.49