John Steuart Curry

Horses Running before a Storm
1930

A lithograph by John Steuart Curry titled "Horses Running Before a Storm," depicting a group of horses in motion across a field with a dark, stormy sky overhead and a bolt of lightning in the background. The image has a dynamic, urgent quality, capturing the power of nature and the instinctual reaction of the animals. There are handwritten signatures and titles on the bottom of the print.
A lithograph by John Steuart Curry titled "Horses Running Before a Storm," depicting a group of horses in motion across a field with a dark, stormy sky overhead and a bolt of lightning in the background. The image has a dynamic, urgent quality, capturing the power of nature and the instinctual reaction of the animals. There are handwritten signatures and titles on the bottom of the print.

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Date
1930

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 13 15/16 × 17 1/4in. (35.4 × 43.8 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 13 1/16in. (24.1 × 33.2 cm)

Accession number
78.84

Edition
Ed. 25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Irving

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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