The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

The Wave

1938

Clarence Holbrook Carter

(American, 1904–2000)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on canvas
Unframed: 50.4 x 75.7 cm (19 13/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1938.2234
Location: Not on view
  • Purchased from the 20th Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen.
  • Clarence Holbrook Carter Entry Card to 1938 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • The Sea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 25, 1950).
    Cleveland, Cleveland School of Art, Clarence H. Carter in Review (1 November-19 November 1948) listed.
    Exhibition of the Month: The Artist, The River and the Sea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-July 28, 1947).
    Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).
    Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Exhibition of Paintings by Clarence H. Carter (18 April-2 June 1940) listed cat. no. 1.
    The May Show: 20th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 4-June 12, 1938).
    Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen (May, 1938) see The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (May, 1938) pp. 74-85, First Prize for group of four in Oil Painting, Landscape; not illus.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1938.2234