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Collection Online as of April 23, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching in black ink depicts a boat with a large sail on a choppy sea. Dense, frenzied lines create the dark hull and turbulent water. Figures huddle in the boat on our left. To our right, a robed figure stands upon the water. A faint circular shape sits in the pale sky, and a tall, narrow form rises from the water in the distant background.

Christ Walking on the Waters

c. 1910

Henry Ossawa Tanner

(American, 1859–1937)
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published posthumously by artist's son

America
etching
Sheet: 27.6 x 33.5 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/16 in.); Platemark: 18.3 x 24.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenfeld, New York City 2007.286
Location: Not on view
  • Cole, Mark. "Paris/Los Angeles/Cleveland." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 50, no. 5 (September/October 2010): 9. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 9 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Christ Walking on the Waters|url=false|author=Henry Ossawa Tanner, published posthumously by artist's son|year=c. 1910|access-date=23 April 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2007.286