Several anguished, clawing figures tumble and reach upward in a dark, chaotic scene.

Prints

Ladder of Success

1954–1956

Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (41.9 × 32.1 cm) Image: 14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Accession number
67.67.36
Acquired
1967
Credit line
Gift of the artist and his wife
Edition
46/50
Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by William Gropper
Department
collection

About this work

William Gropper, Ladder of Success, 1954–1956. Lithograph, sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (41.9 × 32.1 cm) Image: 14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and his wife 67.67.36

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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