Cloud and Rain

Copied David Hare, Cloud and Rain, ca. 1950, welded and painted bronze and steel, 10 1420 1219 58 in. (26.052.250.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Susan Morse Hilles, 1977.2.3

Artwork Details

Title
Cloud and Rain
Artist
Date
ca. 1950
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10 1420 1219 58 in. (26.052.250.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Susan Morse Hilles
Mediums
Mediums Description
welded and painted bronze and steel
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract
  • Landscape — weather — cloud
  • Landscape — weather — shower
Object Number
1977.2.3

Artwork Description

David Hare believed that art should have some relation to the physical world and not be entirely abstract. During the 1950s, he built sculptures that depicted elements of the natural landscape. Inspired by the dramatic changes in the sky caused by different weather patterns, he manipulated metal and stone to evoke rain, sunshine, lightning, or wind. This piece is welded from rough fragments of bronze and steel to suggest a dark, threatening cloud and lines of falling rain.