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
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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 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.