The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 16, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching in black ink on cream paper depicts six dolphins leaping through waves. A wave crests in the upper right, rendered with dense, overlapping cross-hatches. In the center left, two dolphins leap in mid-air as a third follows behind. Across the foreground and lower right, three more dolphins surface. Swirling, jagged lines and hatching suggest the motion of churning water and spray.

Breaking Wave

c. 1887–1940

Charles Herbert Woodbury

(American, 1864–1940)

Gift of David O. Woodbury 1941.385

Location: Not on view

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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.385