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The Triumph of Venus and Galatea Over Moby Dick
Located in New Orleans, LA
In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to redress past wrongs, re-draw archetypes, and reflect th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Benton Spruance-Man Against Monster-22" x 16"-Lithograph-1968-Modernism-Brown
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 Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Descent from the Cross, Pop Geometric Silkscreen by Alan D Arcangelo
By Allan D Arcangelo 1
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Moby Dick) Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, T/P Image: 26.5 x
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Pair of Borghese "Leather Bound Book" Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, making it tough to spot they are holding up your priceless copy of Moby Dick and War and Peace! A
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20th Century Italian Bookends

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

Ahab’s Leg, From the Waves, 1989
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
works based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. In Melville’s novel, Ahab was a ship captain whose leg was
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut, Screen

A Squeeze of the Hand (From the Waves Series), 1988
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Stella interpret and transform Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. In Stella’s “Wave” series, he interprets the
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut, Screen

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

Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Twenty Seven Volumes
Located in Tarry Town, NY
" Confessions"- Virgil -Gulliver's Travels - Moby-Dick . Each book is in great condition. Minor wear. Each on is
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20th Century Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

Huge Photograph of a "Nantucket Sleighride", circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
sleighrides staged for the silent film Down to the Sea in Ships and the later film Moby Dick, this shot is not
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Vintage 1920s Peruvian Other Photography

Materials

Other

Early to Mid-20th Century Folk Art Carved and Decorated Plaque of Tashtego
Located in Nantucket, MA
of a New England whaling crew of the period, but also a very important character in the Moby Dick
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

1968 Benton Spruance The Samuel Enderby Modernism Black White Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance The Town-Ho Modernism Brown, Gray Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-six color lithographs from the collection ""Moby Dick Passion of Ahab"". Spruance died unexpectedly
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance The Albatross Modernism Blue, Brown, Gray Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-six color lithographs from the collection ""Moby Dick Passion of Ahab"". Spruance died unexpectedly
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance The Rose-Bud Modernism Gray Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Benton Spruance The Jeroboam Modernism Brown, Yellow Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-six color lithographs from the collection "Moby Dick Passion of Ahab". Spruance died unexpectedly
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Hanging Right Whale Carving by Jeff Raymond, Folk Art from the “Whale Guy”
Located in New York, NY
, often drew inspiration from Moby Dick and spent his later years selling through Nantucket’s Four Winds
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20th Century American Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

P110 Lounge Chairs by Rosselli, Partner of Gio Ponti, Exhibited at MoMA, NY
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
'moby dick,' 'jumbo','jaranda' and 'play' . Rosselli's rare 'moby dick' chaise longue featured in the
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Vintage 1970s Italian Minimalist Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

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
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1980s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Gouache, Graphite

Laying The Hose Pipe Ghost, Harpers New Monthly Magazine
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Dark Frigate, Moby Dick, and his own written work
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1910s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cult
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
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2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Film

Le Progres
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
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2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Film

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
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Late 20th Century Posters

Materials

Paper

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

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

The Whale as a Dish (from Waves II)
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
white whale itself. All the works in the Waves series are based on chapters from Herman Melville’s Moby
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

The Counterpane (from The Waves
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Waves series shares a title with a chapter of Herman Melville’s acclaimed novel Moby Dick. “The
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph, Linocut, Screen

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
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Going Abroad (From The Waves II Series)
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
a chapter of Herman Melville’s acclaimed novel Moby Dick. “Going Abroad” refers to chapter twenty
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut, Screen

The Fossil Whale, State 1 (huge signed etching and aquatint)
By Frank Stella
Located in Aventura, FL
From The Moby Dick Engravings. Etching and aquatint with carborundum and relief on White Wove
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Brandt, Art Deco Dolphin Whale Lamp or Sconce, Chiseled Wrought Iron, Alabaster
By Edgar Brandt
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
lamp or for a library where this whale could sit next to Herman Melville's Moby Dick or Carlo Collodi's
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Wrought Iron

Book Cover for "Resurrection" by Edwin Balmer, 1920
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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1920s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Day s Catch
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"At Full Sail" by Anton Otto Fisher
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Wiscasset, ME
1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid Century Giovanni Offredi Saporiti Italia Modern Leather King Wave Bed MCM
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Dayton, OH
furniture – the Jumbo chair, the Moby Dick chaise longue, the Confidential sofa – which are still in the
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Leather

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
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1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Frontispiece, from Illustrations after El Lissitzsky s Had Gadya Series, 1984
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Moby-Dick series and his Cones and Pillars iconography. Created in 1984, Frank Stella Illustrations
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1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut

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
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20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Shards II (From Shards)
By Frank Stella
Located in Missouri, MO
such as Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Since the late 1980s, Stella has been involved with several
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1980s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

"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
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Mr. Mrs. Moby Dick, Allan D Arcangelo
By Allan D Arcangelo 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Allan D’Arcangelo (1930-1998) Title: Mr. & Mrs. Moby Dick Year: 1978 Edition: 75/150, plus
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

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
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Benton Spruance-Call Me Ishmael-22" x 16"-Lithograph-1968-Modernism-Gray, Brown
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 Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Benton Spruance-The Spirit-Spout-22" x 16"-Lithograph-1968-Modernism-Gray-boat
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 Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Benton Spruance-Ahab in the Jaws-22" x 16"-Lithograph-1968-Modernism-Black
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 Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Collection of Easton Press Leather Bound Books, 20th Century
By Easton Press
Located in Hamburg, PA
like "The Iliad of Homer", "Moby Dick or The Whale", "Brave New World", etc.        
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Late 20th Century American Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Rockwell Kent Plate, Salamina
Located in Phoenix, AZ
printmaker and illustrator. He illustrated many books but his most notable was Herman Melville's Moby Dick.    
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Dinner Plates

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
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment

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
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment

1930s Large Art Deco Chrome Geometric Mirror
Located in London, GB
the filming of Moby Dick in 1956, after filming in Fishguard it was gifted to the Fishguard Hotel
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Vintage 1930s English Wall Mirrors

Materials

Chrome

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
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment

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
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment

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)’ series
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Carved and Painted Miniature Ship s Figurehead of the Pequot Harpooner Tashtego
By Willard Shepard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pequod in Moby Dick. Tashtego was a Wampanoag man from Gay Head (now Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard. New
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Vintage 1950s 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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Folk Art Sign for "The Sea Devil s Foc sle" at "The Spouter Inn", circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
ground floor. The name "Spouter Inn" of course comes from the famous scene in chapter one of Moby Dick
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Plywood

Ambergris 100% silk shawl
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
"Ambergris" from the Moby Dick Deckled Edges series, also published by Tyler Graphics. Itears Frank Stella's
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Silk, Mixed Media, Screen

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