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Large, Hand-Colored, Frank Stella 3-d print
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Moby Dick.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
The Whale Watch Shawl (signed in indelible black marker) with Frank Stella COA
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
. The image is based on an iconic silkscreen Stella created for the Moby Dick Deckle Edges series of
Category
1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Silk, Mixed Media, Screen
Antique Azorean or Madeiran Improved Toggle Iron Harpoon, Early 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
the days of Moby Dick. The fishery declined after midcentury and was banned by the 1980s. The
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
1990s, Signed, Dated and Numbered, Frank Stella Etching
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
reliefs and sculptures based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.
Recent Exhibitions:
2017
Lyndsey
Category
Late 20th Century American Prints
Materials
Paper
"Ulysses" by James Joyce First English Edition, No.251/2000, circa 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
more about Dublin than Moby Dick is about a whale.” Knowing too much about Dublin “might indeed be
Category
Vintage 1920s Books
Thomas Rose Miles, Daybreak After The Storm
By Thomas Rose Miles
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Moby Dick and other equally gripping adventures. Storms were his raison d’etre - wild conditions that
Category
1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
At Full Sail
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Wiscasett, ME
. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hand Signed Ltd Edition Serigraph "MOMA 1870-1970 Centennial" by Frank Stella
By Frank Stella
Located in San Diego, CA
-1990’s, Stella created a large body of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Wilderness
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Candide by Voltaire, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Beowulf (Scandinavian myth), and the complete works of
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
Girl on the Front of a Pond
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
works of literature including: Candide by Voltaire, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Beowulf (Scandinavian
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Greenland Mother Nursing Child
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Candide by Voltaire, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Beowulf (Scandinavian myth), and the complete works of
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Me Improved
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
works of literature including: Candide by Voltaire, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Beowulf (Scandinavian
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Wolfeboro
By Frank Stella
Located in Missouri, MO
took as inspiration for his work literary sources such as Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Since the late
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pinnacle
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
as a popular illustrator and printmaker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative 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
Starry Night
— 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
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and linen
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in full blue morocco with the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Rockwell Kent Edition. Bound in full blue morocco with
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in full blue morocco with the
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
Books
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville. Moby Dick. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Bound in 3/4 Green morocco
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in full green calf by Riviere
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 volume.
Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Bound in full blue calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt
On spine, nautical gilt design on front cover.
Published...
Category
Vintage 1930s Books
Materials
Leather
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
Herman Melville, Moby Dick, or The Whale
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume
Illustrated By Rockwell Kent. Bound In 3/4 Green Morocco By Riviere, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels (Some Stains On some pages).
Published:...
Category
Vintage 1930s Books
Materials
Leather
Books, Herman Melville
s "Moby Dick" First Trade Edition
Located in New York, NY
First Trade Edition. Leatherbound. One volume. Bound in full red morocco with top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Very good. Published in New...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. Bound in full red calf with a gilt-tooled ship on the front
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Folk Art Moby Dick
Located in Oakland, CA
A large hanging teak Moby Dick. Some fine folk carved the great whale to hang in their home.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Teak
Moby Dick
Located in Essex, MA
A decorative and beautifully hand carved and painted Great White whale by Byron Bruffee with inset black glass eye. Signed with a 'B' on reverse.
Category
20th Century American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,450
Moby Dick R1970s Italian Due Fogli Film Poster
By Alfredo Capitani
Located in New York, NY
Original 1970s re-release Italian due fogli poster by Alfredo Capitani for the 1956 film Moby Dick
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
Mid Century 8 Foot Long Abstract Moby Dick Sailing Ahab Theme
Located in New York, NY
A great abstract painitng depicting the tale of Moby Dick and Captain Ahab. The whale is in blue
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Moby Dick Dome
By Frank Stella
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Edition of 23
Relief printed etching,aquatint and engraving on shaped TGL handmade paper
74 1/4 x 53 4/4 x 6 in (189 x 135 x 15 cm)
White Lounge Chair "Moby Dick" by Saporiti, Besnate 1969
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti, Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Milano, IT
Alberto Rosselli "Moby Dick" rare lounge chair manufactured by Saporiti in Besnate, Italy, circa
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass, Polyester
Moby Dick (from the Wave Series)
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
the full sheet, S. 75 x 55 in (190.5 x 139.7 cm) signed, dated `88' or `89' and numbered 34/60 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Waddington Graphics, London.
A Stuben Crystal Sculpture of Moby Dick
By Steuben Glass
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Inspired by Herman Melville's novel and the Art-Deco sculpture of Paul Manship, this solid crystal sculpture of Captain Ahab standing on the prow of the deck, wielding a spear and si...
Category
20th Century American Glass
Materials
Glass
Chaise Longue Moby Dick by Alberto Rosselli for Saporiti
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Milan, IT
Made in 1969
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Chaise Longues
Midcentury White Lounge Chair "Moby Dick" by Alberto Rosselli for Saporiti, 1969
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti, Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Milano, IT
Alberto Rosselli "Mobi Dick" rare lounge chair manufactured by Saporiti in Besnate, Italy, circa
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass, Polyester
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the 2009 Limited Edition from the Folio Society
Located in Leeds, GB
Solander casing, Folio Society limited edition volume and accompanying Commentary, both books new.
The leather bound volume includes illustrations by Rockwell Kent, typeset in Fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Whale Sculpture by H I Gates
By H. I. Gates
Located in High Point, NC
Abstracted wooden whale sculpture with glass eye by H.I. Gates titled "Moby Dick"
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Great White Nautical Themed Mirror
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Arrrr. The Moby Dick of reflective devices. Check yourself out in your eyepatch and wooden leg
Category
Vintage 1930s American Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Hark!
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick. Hark! is from an edition of 60
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen, Lithograph
Ahab
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick. Ahab is from an edition of 60
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
Ahab
s Leg
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
includes thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick. Ahab's Leg is from an
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
$16,500
Going Aboard
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
. Waves includes thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick. Going Aboard
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
A Squeeze of the Hand
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Waves series. Waves includes thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
Harpooning a Whale
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
in style look at pre-industrial whaling, evoking the epic Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Created as
Category
1920s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hark!
By Frank Stella
Located in San Francisco, CA
Melville's masterpiece "Moby-Dick". Stella's abstract style gives each of these works a tantalizing
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut, Lithograph, Screen
Rockwell Kent 1930s Pencil Signed Lithograph from Herman Melville
s Moby Dick
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Geneva, IL
Rockwell Kent 1930s pencil signed lithograph from Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Matted in off-white
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Set of Three 20th Century Leather Bound and 22-Karat Gold Classic Books
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of three classics, Moby Dick, Gone With The Wind and Washington D.C. leather bound books
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Gold
The Pacific
By Frank Stella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
includes thirteen multi-media prints that focus on Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick. The Pacific is from an
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen, Lithograph
Art Deco Rockwell Kent Our America Serveware for Vernon Kilns, Large Collection
By Rockwell Kent, Vernon Kilns
Located in Dallas, TX
interesting forms. Includes a couple Moby Dick pattern.
A significant line decorated by Kent for Vernon
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Monkeyrope, abstract charcoal drawing on paper
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 Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Rag Paper
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