A framed painting of a turbulent blue ocean with large, cresting waves and white foam. Several dark sharks swim through the swelling water in the foreground, beneath a streaky, pale greenish-blue sky.

Sharks in the Gulfstream

Artist Charles Herbert Woodbury (American, 1864 - 1940)

Date1935

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 44 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (113 × 143.5 × 6.4 cm)
Sight: 6 ft. 10 in. (208.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers

Object number2020.18.33

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Visual DescriptionA framed painting of a turbulent blue ocean with large, cresting waves and white foam. Several dark sharks swim through the swelling water in the foreground, beneath a streaky, pale greenish-blue sky.

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