The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A vertically oriented print suggests a figure crouching in a bucket with scratching strokes in all directions. Suspended diagonally, the solid black silhouette floats above an arched window in the lower right corner. High contrast between dark forms and energetic, swirling lines creates an atmospheric vortex. Dense black and white marks fill the frame, suggesting frantic movement and heavy depth within the composition.

The Bucket Rider--Franz Kafka: Bucket Rider #3 (page 6)

1972

Jerome Kaplan

(American, 1920–1997)
published by

Janus Press

America
etching
Sheet: 32.2 x 56 cm (12 11/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Image: 22.5 x 18.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Gift of Ronald Rumford 2001.196.6
Catalogue raisonné: Fine 206
Location: Not on view
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.196.6