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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
The Whale as a Dish from Waves II
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
works in the Waves series are based on chapters from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. In this chapter, the
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Price Upon Request
Norman Parkinson
Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studios, 1955
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
film 'Moby Dick' at Elstree Studios, 1955.
Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studios, 1955
Silver
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Untitled
By Frank Stella
Located in Fairlawn, OH
composition is similar to the background edges of several large prints Stella made as part of the Moby Dick
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Brotherhood of Thieves, Nantucket by David Yarrow - Contemporary Photography
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
integral to Herman Melville’s classic novel - Moby Dick
I imagined that The Brotherhood of Thieves would
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jaws by Peter Benchley, First Edition with Dust Jacket, 1974
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the Great American fish felon, Moby Dick. But the shark is so menacingly adequate an embodiment of
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Anton Otto Fischer Pen and Ink Book Illustration Drawing
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in New Windsor, NY
York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Category
Vintage 1930s American Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Second Ed., Tipped-in Signature, 1850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville’s Moby Dick” (Bradley). It is one of only a handful of novels of the era still familiar to students
Category
Antique 1850s American Books
Materials
Paper
Frank Stella Hand Signed 93/100 Whitney Museum Lithograph Abstract Expressionist
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
-1990s, Stella created a large body of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Frank Stella - NY State Columbus Centenary, Lithograph, Hand Signed, Ed. of 100
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the increasingly deep relief of Stella’s paintings gave
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
Frank Stella, Line Up, from Jasper
s Dilemma, signed/n, geometric abstraction
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the increasingly deep relief of Stella’s paintings gave
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Frank Stella, unique paper collage signed and inscribed to museum curator Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the increasingly deep relief of Stella’s paintings gave
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
1967 Castelli Gallery Exhibition Announcement, uniquely signed by Frank Stella
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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
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
Frank Stella -Attica Defense Fund historic LtEd Geometric abstraction lithograph
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
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
Price Upon Request
Frank Stella, Whitney Museum exhibited graphic work with Label, Signed/N, Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
Frank Stella, Luis Miguel Dominguin, print from Aluminum Series, Signed/N Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
River Bure The Norfolk Broads East Anglia 1950s Framed Landscape Oil Painting
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
several other books, including Moby Dick. In 1929 he was commissioner by Shell to illustrate Then and Now
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Diver
— 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
Mountain Climber
— 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
The Bather
— Iconic 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
Sea And Sky
— 1930s Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
preeminent graphic artists of his time. His striking illustrations for two editions of Herman Melville’s Moby
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Woodcut
First Of Winter’s Snowfall On A Kentish Farm Framed Kent Landscape Painting
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
several other books, including Moby Dick. In 1929 he was commissioner by Shell to illustrate Then and Now
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1 vol. Herman Melville, Moby Dick or The Whale. First Trade Edition, Limited Ed.
Located in New York, NY
1 vol. Herman Melville, Moby Dick or The Whale. First Trade Edition, Limited Edition. Illustrated
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
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
$50,000
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
"Moby Dick, " Duco lacquer on masonite by Robert Hansen
By Robert Hansen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duco automotive lacquer on masonite entitled "Moby Dick," by Robert Hansen
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
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
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
$10,000
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
Wuthering Heights/ Moby Dick
By Emma Tapley
Located in New York, NY
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Oil On Canvas Maritime Seascape
Located in Woodbury, CT
An oil on canvas whaling scene by Robert Jordan featuring a scene from Melville's 'Moby Dick' with
Category
20th Century American Paintings
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
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
$25,000
Northern Night
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Wellesley, MA
well as a popular illustrator and printmaker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Fly Fishing
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Edgartown, MA
career included illustrating classic novels such as Moby-Dick, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mountain Climber
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Wellesley, MA
well as a popular illustrator and print-maker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Decorum (for Henry James), abstract acrylic painting on canvas
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
“monkeyrope” that was the line that attached a whaler to his vessel– as in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”, one
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blandford Monkeyrope, abstract acrylic painting on canvas
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
“monkeyrope” that was the line that attached a whaler to his vessel– as in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”, one
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Atmosphere and Monkeyrope, abstract acrylic painting on canvas
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
“monkeyrope” that was the line that attached a whaler to his vessel– as in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”, one
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Monkeyrope (For David), abstract black and white oil painting on canvas
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
“Moby Dick”, one of Shuebrook’s favourite books. Blandford, Nova Scotia, where Shuebrook summers, was
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moby Dick from The Waves, 1989
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Frank Stella Moby Dick, from The Waves Series, 1989, named after a chapter from the Herman Melville
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
Jonah Historically Regarded, from Moby Dick Engravings
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Frank Stella Jonah Historically Regarded from Moby Dick Engravings, 1991 is from a series of works
Category
1990s Abstract Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Fossil Whale, from Moby Dick Engravings
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Part of Frank Stella’s Moby Dick series, this color etching aquatint features a wide array of
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Moby Dick and Captain Ahab Whirligig by Stephen Ketchum
By Stephen Ketchum
Located in Nantucket, MA
Moby Dick and Captain Ahab Whirligig carved and painted on Nantucket by Stephen Ketchum, c.1981
Category
Vintage 1980s American Primitive Weathervanes
Materials
Metal
Gerard van den Berg "Moby Dick" Leather Sofa for Label Vandenberg
By Gerard Van Den Berg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Comfortable and inviting, "Moby Dick" buck leather two-seater sofa, designed by highly respected
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather
"Moby Dick, " WPA-Influenced Sculpture by John Martin, 1939
By John Arthur Martin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyful, whimsical and brilliantly carved, this sculpture of Moby Dick illustrates the Depression
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Gerard van den Berg "Moby Dick" Leather Sofa for Label Vandenberg
By Gerard Van Den Berg, Label
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully comfortable and inviting "Moby Dick" soft form grey leather 3-seater sofa, designed
Category
1990s Dutch Modern Sofas
Materials
Metal
Moby Dick
Chaise Longue by Alberto Rosselli for Saporiti, Italy
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Milan, IT
prototypes for various furniture companies of the Milan hinterland.
'Moby Dick' was designed in 1969 for
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Chaise Longues
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
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Boardman Robinson, Easton Press
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick, Or The Whale. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1977. The 100 Greatest Books Ever
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Silk, Paper
Battering Ram (from Moby Dick Deckle Edges)
By Frank Stella
Located in Missouri, MO
artist took as inspiration for his work literary sources such as Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
Category
1990s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
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