Cloud and Rain

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
Subjects
  • 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.

Works by this artist (4 items)

David Hare, Woman Dressing, 1950, ceramic/cut-out and fired on stone base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.53
Woman Dressing
Date1950
ceramic/cut-out and fired on stone base
On view
David Hare, Untitled, 1975, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of June Wayne, 1991.179.5, © 1978, David Hare
Untitled
Date1975
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
David Hare, Cloud and Rain, ca. 1950, welded and painted bronze and steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Susan Morse Hilles, 1977.2.3
Cloud and Rain
Dateca. 1950
welded and painted bronze and steel
Not on view
David Hare, Cronus, 1974-1975, lithograph with hand-coloring, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, 2003.70
Cronus
Date1974-1975
lithograph with hand-coloring
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Robert Cronbach, Prometheus, 1970, bronze and sheet steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert Cronbach, 1971.352
Prometheus
Date1970
bronze and sheet steel
Not on view