Cloud and Rain

David Hare, Cloud and Rain, ca. 1950, welded and painted bronze and steel, 10 1⁄4 x 20 1⁄2 x 19 5⁄8 in. (26.0 x 52.2 x 50.0 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 1⁄4 x 20 1⁄2 x 19 5⁄8 in. (26.0 x 52.2 x 50.0 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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 (3 items)

Tod Papageorge, Brazilian Festival, New York City, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Virginia Zabriskie, 1983.110.6, © 1984, Tod Papageorge
Brazilian Festival, New York City
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Tod Papageorge, Albuquerque, N.M., 1973, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1066, © 1977, Tod Papageorge
Albuquerque, N.M.
Artist
Date1973
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Tod Papageorge, New York City Discothéque, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Virginia Zabriskie, 1983.110.5, © 1984, Tod Papageorge
New York City Discothéque
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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