Frank Stella, The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993 |
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| Artist: | Frank Stella (1936 - 2024) |
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| Title: | The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993 |
| Reference: | Axsom 216 |
| Series: | Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993 |
| Medium: | Lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, mezzotint on white TGL handmade paper |
| Image Size: | 70 ½ in x 65 7/8 in (179.1 cm x 167.3 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 70 ½ in x 65 7/8 in (179.1 cm x 167.3 cm) |
| Edition: | Numbered from the edition of 20 in pencil in the lower center image. |
| Signature: | This work is hand-signed by Frank Stella (Massachusetts, 1936 - ) in pencil in the lower center image. |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition. |
| ID # | W-7117 |
Frank Stella print The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, 1993 is third installment in the artist’s Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series of 1993. This work derives its name from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The name “Pequod” is the whaling ship captained by Captain Ahab. The Jeroboam is another Nantucket whaling ship whose name is inspired by the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel. This work illustrates the interaction between these two ships in the novel and serves as an excellent example of the artist’s ability to create an abstract narrative. A grid-like pattern of dots in the background that appears in every work in this series gives the work the illusion of a three-dimensional work. This collage of several printmaking techniques showcases Stella’s mastery over several mediums.
Frank Stella Monstrous Pictures of Whales, 1993 is part of a portfolio of eight works in the artist’s Moby Dick Deckle Edges series of 1993. This body of work derives its name from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and depicts dense compositions of bright colors and stunning abstract imagery. Also featured in this portfolio are The Whale-Watch, The Battering Ram, Monstrous Pictures of Whales, Ambergris, The Monkey-rope, A Bower in the Arsacides, The Affidavit, Extracts, and Extracts, State I.
Created in 1993, this lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief and mezzotint on white TGL handmade paper is hand-signed by Frank Stella (Massachusetts, 1936 - ) in pencil in the lower center image and numbered from the edition of 20 in pencil in the lower center image.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Frank Stella print The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).
About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Frank Stella print The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
