Let the power of this piece crash over you like the wave it depicts. Homer's watercolor technique gives unique movement and texture to the waves, transporting the viewer to the scene.
- 11x14" matted print
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910
Breaking Wave (Prout's Neck), 1887
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Sheet: 38.7 x 54.6 cm (15 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
26.788