John Steuart Curry

The Tornado
1932

A black and white etching depicting a dramatic scene of a family and their dog rushing to take shelter from a tornado. A muscular man leads the way, followed by a woman carrying a child, and another child clutching a chicken, with a windmill and dark clouds in the background. The artwork is titled "Tornado Over Kansas" and is signed and dated 1932 by the artist John Steuart Curry.

A black and white etching depicting a dramatic scene of a family and their dog rushing to take shelter from a tornado. A muscular man leads the way, followed by a woman carrying a child, and another child clutching a chicken, with a windmill and dark clouds in the background. The artwork is titled "Tornado Over Kansas" and is signed and dated 1932 by the artist John Steuart Curry.

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Date
1932

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 3/8 × 15 7/8in. (28.9 × 40.3 cm) Image: 9 15/16 × 14 1/8in. (25.2 × 35.9 cm)

Accession number
32.97

Edition
Ed. 25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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