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1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
. Titled "South Sea Whale Fishery", after a painting by William John Huggins (English, 1781-1845
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Antique 1820s English George IV Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper

19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
, an oil on canvas folk art seascape of the South Seas Whale Fishery with panoramic view of four whale
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Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Yellow Gold Whale Tail Slide Pendant - 14k Ocean Life Sea
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold Style: Slide Theme: Whale Tail, Ocean Life Features: Matte Finish
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21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Humpback Whale Mountains
Located in Nashville, TN
Sea and land intertwined with whale as the main subject. About the artist: Lisa M. Shimko’s
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Orca Whale Mountain
Located in Nashville, TN
Sea and land intertwined with whale as the subject. About the artist: Lisa M. Shimko’s paintings
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
multiple ships, whales and alternating back drops of mountains on one side and a palm tree covered shores
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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Fish Painting Sardine Run Bait Ball South Africa Underwater Art
Located in Sempach, LU
Fish painting 100% original art by Olga Nikitina *Title: Sardine Run Bait Ball South Africa *Size
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Unilever South America Illustrated Map Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Unilever in South America featuring a colourful illustrated
Category

Vintage 1950s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Pan Am Travel Map Poster South America Continent Of Contrasts
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Pan Am travel advertising map poster - South America Continent of Contrasts served
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Vintage 1940s American Posters

Materials

Paper

School of Fish Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art
Located in Sempach, LU
wild coast of South Africa – sardine run. Tones of sardines migrate from The Atlantic ocean to The
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in valatie, NY
animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the
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2010s German Books

Materials

Paper

Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
H 14.25 in W 10 in D 1.75 in
Galerie d' Anatomie Comparée
By Christian Voigt
Located in Chicago, IL
large land and water vertebrates. Remarkable species such as a whale nearly 20 meters long can be seen
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sebastião Salgado "GENESIS" Signed, Limited Edition SUMO Book, with stand
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Cherry, Paper

19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Barnetts purchased the remains of a large whale, the 40-ft magnificent humpback whale skeleton. Barnett and
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Art

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Unilever South America Illustrated Map Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Unilever in South America featuring a colourful illustrated
Category

1950s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Pan Am Travel Map Poster South America Continent Of Contrasts
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Pan Am travel advertising map poster - South America Continent of Contrasts served
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

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19th C., Vanity Fair Framed Chromolithographs of Gentlemen Ex. Christie's, 12
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Morristown, NJ
[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are ...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Vintage Boho 1962 Original Male Nude Oil Painting
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning vintage Boho original oil painting. A chic male nude signed and dated 1962. Beautiful vintage frame. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

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'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern More Prints

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'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Oil Painting 'Lysistrata' by Anthony Triano Signed and Dated, 1962
Located in New York, NY
'Lysistrata', signed and dated 1962 Oil on board Anthony Thomas Triano (1928–1997) Size: 17 3/4" high x 19 wide x 3 /4" deep. Triano was a painter, sculptor, illustrator and t...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Elements of Time & Space
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Intaglio on Somerset paper, edition of 4 The artwork is shipped unframed. Please message us directly if you are interested in purchasing the piece already framed. Bio // Katie Van...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Intaglio

'Fougasse' Rugby Referees Cyril Kenneth Bird original poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
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Category

1940s Modern More Prints

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Lithograph

H. M.Bateman Don't be Fuel-ish Original Vintage Poster WW2 Home Front
By Henry Mayo Bateman
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern More Prints

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Lithograph

Carved Wood Neo Pop Art Painting Sculpture New Orleans Wall Hanging Skylar Fein
By Skylar Fein
Located in Surfside, FL
Skylar Fein, (American, 1968-), carved wood painted sculpture "Telephone Man", black paint on weathered wood, Cartoon figure drawing of phone man. bears artist signature token verso....
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Latex, Wood, Paint

Oil Painting By Isak Santana
By Isak Santana
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
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21st Century and Contemporary Panamanian Paintings

Oil Painting By Isak Santana
Oil Painting By Isak Santana
H 40 in W 54 in D 2 in
"Habitat Relocation Project" Etching on archival paper, botanical, floral
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
intaglio with a la poupée on Somerset paper, unframed, edition of 6 Please message us directly if you are interested in a framed print. Bio // Katie VanVliet is a sculptor and prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Z. Salaburski, Warszawa Abstract Oil Painting, 1962 Polish Modernist
By Zdzislaw Salaburski
Located in Sharon, CT
Heavily impastoed oil with collaged material elements on canvas. Signed and dated on the back -Z. Salaburski, 1962.
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Vintage 1960s Polish Brutalist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962), Young Girl and her Dog, Framed Oil on Canvas
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful framed painting of a young girl and her dog by the artist Pierre le Faguays (1892-1962). Famously known for his Art Deco sculptures, he dedicated to himself to painting on ...
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
JIM SHAW (B. 1952) Stocks Painting signed and dated 'J Shaw 2007' (on the overlap) oil on canvas mounted on wooden board 82 x 121.5 cm. (32 ¼ x 47.7.8 in.) Executed in 2006. PROVENA...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

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Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition B
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition A
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition C
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition D
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Couple on a Rocky Hill - 18th Century, Old Master, Landscape Painting
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Arles, FR
painter, and with the history painter Philippe Sauvan.  The sight of the whales near Marseille before his
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Sardine Run Bait Ball South Africa
Located in Sempach, LU
* Title: Sardine Run Bait Ball South africa * Size: 90x90cm * Materials: oil, canvas, palette knife
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Turn of the Century Folk Art Whaling Scene Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
hand hooked wool rug with unique depiction of a South Seas whaling scene with large naive whale ship
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Antique 1890s American Folk Art Rugs

Materials

Wool

Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Located in Nantucket, MA
seascape of whaling in the South Seas featuring three whaleships (one with sails reefed and backed for
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Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
H 13.5 in W 33.75 in D 0.75 in
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of whaling in the South Seas, with
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
H 24.63 in W 52.25 in D 2 in
Hunters Journey
By Abraham Anghik Ruben
Located in Bloomfield, ON
swept upwards by three sea creatures including the goddess Sedna. Sedna, who provides bounty to
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Paraglidiing Fly above the Ocean
Located in Sempach, LU
above her house garden and art studio in Wilderness, South Africa, at the end of the Earth. Flying in
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Canvas

Paraglidiing Fly above the Ocean
Paraglidiing Fly above the Ocean
4 bids
No Reserve
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.5 in
Huge Photograph of a "Nantucket Sleighride", circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
documentary on whaling in the South Atlantic off the coast of Peru in the late 1920s, enlarged to a
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Vintage 1920s Peruvian Other Photography

Materials

Other

Anna Keys, “Pappa’s ship”
Located in London, GB
Delightful Naive Folk Art Needlework Picture Depicting Two Whaling Ships and Whales in a Choppy
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Antique 1860s South American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Anna Keys, “Pappa’s ship”
H 14.5 in W 13.25 in D 1 in
Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition E
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Large Pictorial Map of North America by Palmer & Associates, Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of North America in the 1930s. Starting in the Pacific Northwest we find whalers out at sea while on
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Maps

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Wood

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Find many varieties of an authentic south sea whale available at 1stDibs. A south sea whale — often made from paper, wood and bone — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a south sea whale, we have 6 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a south sea whale — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right south sea whale, those designed in folk art and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one south sea whale that is appealing in its simplicity, but Sebastião Salgado produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a South Sea Whale?

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