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

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Black and White

MOBY DICK
MOBY DICK
H 11 in W 9 in D 5 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

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

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
Category

20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Moby Dick & Swing Ride, Seaside Heights
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
contemporary art. This is the stimulating factor and purpose behind in the relentless pursuit of perfection in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

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
Category

20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Category

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
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

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
Category

1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

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

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
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

Monograph with 3-D sculptural pop-up (Hand signed and numbered by Red Grooms)
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
sculpto-pictoramas appear in full color and some in gatefolds, such as Moby Dick Meets the NYPL, Tennessee
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Finished Drawing of a Man in Medieval Costume
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Fort Washington, PA
known for his illustrations of adventure stories, such as Melville's "Moby Dick," and his landscapes of
Category

1950s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink, Paper, Pen

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

The Needle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
los Reyes’ work was the subject of the exhibition and catalog Chasing Moby-Dick: Selected Works by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Needle
The Needle
H 89 in W 119 in D 6 in
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
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Dye, Oil

Generations
Located in Provincetown, MA
his open, ongoing passion, whether it be expressed around storytelling - a huge, raging Moby Dick
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

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

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
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

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
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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

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

River Bure, Norfolk. East Anglia. English Rural Landscape. Tugboat and Barges.
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Times illustrators award. He illustrated several other books, including Moby Dick. In 1929 he was
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and
Category

1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Seas
Summer Seas
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 2 in
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

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

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
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

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
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

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

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
Category

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
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

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
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick—simultaneously precise and abstract images that drew on his architect’s eye
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
integral to Herman Melville’s classic novel - Moby Dick. I imagined that The Brotherhood of Thieves would
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
integral to Herman Melville’s classic novel - Moby Dick. I imagined that The Brotherhood of Thieves would
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

'The Bather' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. His striking illustrations for two editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick—simultaneously precise and
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Hail and Farewell
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
painters as well as a popular illustrator and printmaker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Figure Study" Rockwell Kent, American Modernism, Work on Paper
By Rockwell Kent
Located in New York, NY
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick—simultaneously precise and abstract images that drew on his architect’s eye
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Watercolor Still life Painting Vegetables Claus Hoien Greengrocer Kitchen Series
Located in Surfside, FL
lifetime of painting sailing vessels, fish, whalers, and Moby-Dick, among other subjects. The idea of a
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Moby Dick
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Made of spun steel, which is an ancient sculpting technique developed by the Romans, the whale and ship are created using reclaimed materials.
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Moby Dick
Moby Dick
H 30 in W 48 in D 12 in
Moby Dick
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Wuthering Heights/ Moby Dick
By Emma Tapley
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Oil, Panel

Moby Dick (The White Whale)
By Alex Weinstein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Moby Dick (The White Whale), 2006-08 Resin and acrylic Installed : 44 1/4 x 110 1/4 inches WE208
Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Extracts - Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series
By Frank Stella
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Original Frank Stella Lithograph with Etching, Aquatint, Relief and Screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper. From the signed, dated, and numbered edition of 40.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Color, Etching, Intaglio, Lithograph, Paper, Screen

All Astir, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"
By Nuala Clarke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The title of this soothing seascape is taken from a chapter of Moby Dick. The surface is smooth
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

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