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A WHALING TRIPTYCH

The three individual panels of the Whaling Triptych were composed to form a single work, with forms, colors and story progressing from left to right. The three phases of the hunt are shown by three different ships, ranging from the Arctic to the middle latitudes and then to the tropics. All are individually highlighted prints produced in 1977.


Whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN, among ice, sighting a whale, image 13" x 16' on 19¼" x 21" sheet.



Whaleboat from the brig DAISY going on a whale, image 17½" x 13" on 23¼" x 19" sheet.


Bark CALIFORNIA in tropical waters, cutting in, image 13" x 16" on 19¼" x 21" sheet.
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PEQUOD at Nantucket, Aquarelle, 1984. Ahab, Ishmael and Starbuck standing on their ship's forepeak on the eve of the quest for Moby Dick. Litho image 12" x 16" on 17½" x 21" sheet.


New Bedford whaler JOHN & WINTHROP out of San Francisco, oil on canvas, 1983. A portrait of the ship cutting in a bowhead alongside, 1912, among ice. Litho image 22½" x 28" on 26" x 32" sheet.

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