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Moby Dick
By Frank Stella
Located in Seoul, SO
That changing, shifting quality is apparent in Stella's own Moby Dick series, a set of painting
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Moby Dick
Moby Dick
H 63 in W 53.94 in
Moby Dick Illustration
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration appeared in Herman Melville's novel, Moby Dick, John C Winston, 1931. Signed
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

MOBY DICK
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Portland, ME
Kent, Rockwell, illustrator. MOBY DICK by Herman Melville. .Lakeside Press, 1930. The Artist and
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1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Black and White

MOBY DICK
MOBY DICK
H 11 in W 9 in D 5 in
Moby Dick Armchair
By Morelato
Located in Milan, IT
Moby Dick is an armchair with an iconic and enveloping ash backrest evoking a whale tail. The
Category

2010s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Moby Dick Armchair
Moby Dick Armchair
H 27.96 in W 29.53 in D 27.56 in
Original Illustration for Moby Dick
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Left Original illustration for Moby Dick: 'To chase that White Whale over all sides of the earth, is
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moby Dick Armchair, Morelato
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Moby Dick is an armchair with an iconic and enveloping ash backrest evoking a whale tail. Thanks
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Ash

Moby Dick Armchair, Morelato
Moby Dick Armchair, Morelato
H 27.56 in W 29.53 in D 27.56 in
Benton Spruance-Sky Hawk from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of twenty-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Scarf “Moby Dick”by Jammers & Leufgen
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Vintage Scarf “Moby Dick”by Jammers & Leufgen All great fun from the 1980s A wonderful colourful
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Late 20th Century German Scarves

Benton Spruance-The Burning Harpoon from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of twenty-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Benton Spruance-The Death of Fedallah from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of twenty-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died
Category

20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Whale Sculpture Moby Dick in Iron, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vintage interpretation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The great white whale. It is executed in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Moby Dick - Original China Ink Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Moby Dick is an original black China ink drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor David in
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words and Shapes (Hand signed and inscribed monograph)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words and Shapes (Hand signed and inscribed), 2000 Elegant, beautifully
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

The Funeral (Dome) From Moby Dick Domes, 1992
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
work “Moby-Dick”. Rather than plainly depicting scenes of the novel, Stella instead evokes the power
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

1968 Benton Spruance 'Epilogue of Moby Dick'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Moby Dick, Vintage Polish Film Poster by Wiktor Gorka, 1961
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in London, GB
This is an incredibly special rare film poster for ‘Moby Dick’, starring Gregory Peck and Orson
Category

Vintage 1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

1968 Benton Spruance 'The Delight' from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance 'The Sphynx' from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance 'Ahab Aloft' from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance 'The Vortex from Moby Dick'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First
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Vintage 1930s American Books

Materials

Paper

Moby Dick Armchair Chaise Longue Design Alberto Rosselli for Saporiti 1969
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in taranto, IT
"moby Dick" chaise longue designed by alberto rosselli for Saporiti Italia, 1969 made in
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Fiberglass

Study For Moby Dick-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, Sea, Green
By Monroe Hodder
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Study For Moby Dick is an original oil on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Moby Dick 4 original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's masterpiece
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning ensemble of fiour original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick
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1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

1968 Benton Spruance 'Ahab and Starbuck Portrait from Moby Dick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Moby Dick Armchair Chaise Longue Design Alberto Rosselli for Saporiti 1969 Rare
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in taranto, IT
"moby Dick" chaise longue designed by alberto rosselli for Saporiti Italia, 1969 made in
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Fiberglass

Moby Dick & Swing Ride, Seaside Heights
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 30"x40" split toned silver gelatin contact print is one of the original images from the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently call...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series
By Frank Stella
Located in Long Island City, NY
closer in. The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series Frank Stella
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Michael Massaia - Moby Dick & Swing Ride, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Michael Massaia
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Afterlife-New Jersey Shore Print Type: Selenium, Sepia, & Iron Toned Gelatin Silver Printed on Bergger Prestige Fiber Based Paper Matted & Mounted 8ply Museum Board Availa...
Category

2010s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Board, Silver Gelatin

The Whale Watch
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
silkscreen Stella created for the Moby Dick Deckle Edges series of prints in the 1990s (also published by
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment

Melville, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait of Henry Melville, author of Moby Dick. The portrait is a companion piece to Or, The Whale
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Late 19th Century English Leather Faux “Book” Table with Classic Book Titles
Located in Middleburg, VA
English classical titles “Moby Dick”, “Tale of Two Cities”, "Twenty Leagues Under the Sea" and Robert
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Antique Late 19th Century English End Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The
Category

Antique 1850s English Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

On a Stormy Sea
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
afterward—that served as the inspiration for the first Great American Novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Frank Stella 'The Funeral' (Dome) 1992
By Frank Stella
Located in Miami, FL
FRANK STELLA (1936-Present) Frank Stella's 'The Funeral (Dome)' from the ‘Moby Dick (Domes
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Becalmed
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
served as the inspiration for the first Great American Novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Becalmed
H 7.63 in W 14.63 in
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model
Located in Nantucket, MA
figurehead of the Whale Ship PEQUOD in Melville's "Moby Dick." The finely done carving includes great detail
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

The Essex Taking on Provisions
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
inspiration for the first Great American Novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Needle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
los Reyes’ work was the subject of the exhibition and catalog Chasing Moby-Dick: Selected Works by
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Needle
The Needle
H 89 in W 119 in D 6 in
Generations
Located in Provincetown, MA
his open, ongoing passion, whether it be expressed around storytelling - a huge, raging Moby Dick
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Border Compression #1
By Tony de los Reyes
Located in Palm Desert, CA
catalog Chasing Moby-Dick: Selected Works by Tony de los Reyes (2010) at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Dye, Oil

Untitled
By Frank Stella
Located in Fairlawn, OH
large prints Stella made as part of the Moby Dick Deckles Edges series, published in 1993 "Moby Dick
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance 'The Rachel' Modernism Black & White Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

LIE TO ME, Mixed Media Abstract Painting with Text
By Henri Bassmadjian
Located in Surfside, FL
immersed himself in the myth of Moby Dick. Many exhibitions (Brussels, Tarbes, Lyon, Rennes) while teaching
Category

1980s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Gouache, Graphite

Antique Korean Elm Brass Bound Bandaji Nong Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Acquired from Moby Dicks Maritime Antiques in the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Untitled
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Dark Frigate, Moby Dick, and his own written work, Focs'le Days: A
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast, First Edition 1840
Located in London, GB
contemporary of Herman Melville, Dana’s descriptions of his voyages were influential to the writing of Moby
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Antique 1840s American Early Victorian Books

Materials

Paper

LARGE: Silkscreen on silk hand signed with COA also signed by Frank Stella)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
by Frank Stella. The image is based on an iconic silkscreen Stella created for the Moby Dick Deckle
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Paper, Silk, Screen, Permanent Marker, Board, Mixed...

Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, The Dark Frigate, Moby Dick, and his own written work, Focs'le Days: A story of My Youth. His daughter
Category

1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nantucket Island BookScape Square Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
. Books on Nantucket gardens, houses, and light houses. Featuring "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

Nantucket Island BookScape Horizontal Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
bookshelves. Books on Nantucket gardens, houses, light houses, sharks, and beaches. Including Jaws, Moby Dick
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

Frank Stella Prints 1967-1982 Vintage Exhibition Poster University of Michigan
By Frank Stella
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
general way to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Throughout his career he was commissioned to create various
Category

Late 20th Century Posters

Materials

Paper

Green Sands
By Tony Caramanico
Located in Fairfield, CT
to jumping off a ship’s mast in a gale and landing on Moby Dick for a few seconds of oneness with the
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Film

Treehouse
By Tony Caramanico
Located in Fairfield, CT
to jumping off a ship’s mast in a gale and landing on Moby Dick for a few seconds of oneness with the
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Film

Kind River
By Larry Hill Art
Located in Fresno, CA
Moby Dick, a whale whose whiteness could strike panic in the human soul. If you do, I believe you will
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Kind River
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Head Tide, Good Housekeeping, Story Illustration
By Mead Schaeffer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Moby Dick, The Count of Monte Christo, and King Arthur and His Knights. The featured lot, a masterpiece
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boats on the Beach, Sag Harbor
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
19th century—referenced several times in Moby Dick—Sag Harbor's wharf is a landmark of a town with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

2 Giovanni Offredi Saporiti Italia Birdseye Maple Nightstands Dresser Chest MCM
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Dayton, OH
. Together they created a series of pieces of furniture – the Jumbo chair, the Moby Dick chaise longue, the
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Maple

Alberto Rosselli Saporiti Italia Post Modern Confidential Lounge Sofa Couch MCM
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Dayton, OH
. Together they created a series of pieces of furniture – the Jumbo chair, the Moby Dick chaise longue, the
Category

Vintage 1970s Post-Modern Sofas

Materials

Cotton

Alberto Rosselli Saporiti Italia Post Modern Confidential Club Lounge Chairs MCM
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Dayton, OH
. Together they created a series of pieces of furniture – the Jumbo chair, the Moby Dick chaise longue, the
Category

Vintage 1970s Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Cotton

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