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Sperm Whale

“Sperm whale”
“Sperm whale”

“Sperm whale”

Located in Warren, NJ

Wayne Robbins Sperm Whale In Linden Made In 2006 Large. In good condition measures 42 inches long one of Wayne’s biggest pieces.

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm Whale Fishing), Rare Lithograph by Lebreton
"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm Whale Fishing), Rare Lithograph by Lebreton

"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm Whale Fishing), Rare Lithograph by Lebreton

Located in Long Island City, NY

"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm whale fishing) Original colored lithograph enhanced with watercolor by Louis Lebreton (?

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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Prints

Materials

Paper

Le Cachalot Macrocéphale (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840
Le Cachalot Macrocéphale (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

Le Cachalot Macrocéphale (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

Located in Langweer, NL

Le Cachalot Macrocéphale (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840 A dramatic and finely executed natural history engraving depicting the mighty sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalu...

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage MCM 22" Off White Glazed Ceramic " Sperm Whale " or Moby Dick Sculpture
Vintage MCM 22" Off White Glazed Ceramic " Sperm Whale " or Moby Dick Sculpture

Vintage MCM 22" Off White Glazed Ceramic " Sperm Whale " or Moby Dick Sculpture

By Bitossi, Jonathan Adler

Located in St. Louis, MO

Super cool, vintage mid-century large scale " Sperm Whale " or Moby Dick ceramic sculpture with off white glaze.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Original Antique Print of Two Sperm Whales by Bertuch, c. 1800
Original Antique Print of Two Sperm Whales by Bertuch, c. 1800

Original Antique Print of Two Sperm Whales by Bertuch, c. 1800

Located in Langweer, NL

Original Antique Print of Two Sperm Whales by Bertuch, c. 1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting two sperm whales, published in Friedrich Justin Bertuch’s cel...

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Antique Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Paper

Le Physale Cylindrique (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840
Le Physale Cylindrique (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

Le Physale Cylindrique (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

Located in Langweer, NL

Le Physale Cylindrique (Sperm Whale), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840 A remarkable nineteenth-century depiction of a stranded whale dominating a rocky shoreline, surrounded by curious ...

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print of Sperm Whale and North Atlantic Whales, ca.1800
Original Antique Print of Sperm Whale and North Atlantic Whales, ca.1800

Original Antique Print of Sperm Whale and North Atlantic Whales, ca.1800

Located in Langweer, NL

Original Antique Print of Sperm Whale and North Atlantic Whales by Bertuch, c.1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting four remarkable early representations of ...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Paper

Leviathan of the Depths: The Sperm Whale in 18th Century Scientific Art, 1775
Leviathan of the Depths: The Sperm Whale in 18th Century Scientific Art, 1775

Leviathan of the Depths: The Sperm Whale in 18th Century Scientific Art, 1775

Located in Langweer, NL

Description of the Illustration The sperm whale is depicted with notable attention to its distinct body shape and features, such as the large, block-shaped head which is characterist...

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Antique 1770s German Prints

Materials

Paper

Fossilized Whale Vertebrae #15
Fossilized Whale Vertebrae #15

Fossilized Whale Vertebrae #15

Located in Bradenton, FL

Natural weathered fossilized Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale.

Category

Antique 19th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'
Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'

Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'

Located in Langweer, NL

Beautiful original antique print of the beach between Scheveningen and Katwijk, the Netherlands. It depicts a large sperm whale that has washed ashore and may figures.

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Decorative Bronze Sculpture of a Whale Nautical Modern
Decorative Bronze Sculpture of a Whale Nautical Modern

Decorative Bronze Sculpture of a Whale Nautical Modern

By Alberto and Diego Giacometti

Located in Chula Vista, CA

Natural patina finish. Features a stylized whale figure, sometimes representing a sperm whale, displayed in a swimming pose on a pedestal.

Category

Vintage 1980s Organic Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

On a Stormy Sea

On a Stormy Sea

By Nicholas Berger

Located in Greenwich, CT

The Essex was a successul whaler during her carreer, but it was her unfortunate destruction by a sperm whale—and the unspeakable horrors that befell her crew afterward—that served as...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth
19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth

19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Irish Folk Art. This sperm whale tooth was etched during the 19th century, in Ireland.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Nautical Objects

Materials

Other

To Find Each Other, We Have to Leave Our Depths; To Survive, We Can Not Stay
To Find Each Other, We Have to Leave Our Depths; To Survive, We Can Not Stay

To Find Each Other, We Have to Leave Our Depths; To Survive, We Can Not Stay

By Todd McCollister

Located in Boston, MA

What you may not have known is that there is some evidence giant squid (some as long as adult sperm whales) also hunt sperm whales. While this is dubious and unproven, if true it wou...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Dye

Feast from the Deep, Dominica by Paul Nicklen -Contemporary Wildlife Photography

Feast from the Deep, Dominica by Paul Nicklen -Contemporary Wildlife Photography

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

Sperm whales are expert divers capable of reaching over a mile deep in search of squid while using echolocation to sound out their way through the pitch-black depths.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique Hand Carved Front Panel from a Sea Chest, late 19th Century
Antique Hand Carved Front Panel from a Sea Chest, late 19th Century

Antique Hand Carved Front Panel from a Sea Chest, late 19th Century

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique Hand Carved Front Panel from a Sea Chest, late 19th Century, a hand carved solid pine plank with bas relief Sperm Whale flanked by Seahorses, in original dark stain, and reta...

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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Eric Kanigan - Dreamers, Framed Photography, Printed After

Eric Kanigan - Dreamers, Framed Photography, Printed After

By Eric Kanigan

Located in Greenwich, CT

UNFRAMED SIZES AND PRICING AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST "Few sleepers are more recognizable than sperm whales. Not for how long, but for how they rest.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin

Sentient Connections - by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

Sentient Connections - by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

Unlike their mostly solitary male counterparts, female sperm whales form close-knit pods made up of aunts, mother, and their young calves.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum

Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum

Located in valatie, NY

When the whalemen were not engaged in hunting whales or routine maintenance, some of their time was spent carving materials harvested from the whales themselves: the teeth and bones ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Nurturing Bond - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

Nurturing Bond - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

"Nurturing Bond" Dominica - 2019 Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) $3,500 Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm) $7,500 Edition of 10: 40” x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm) $12,5...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Megaptera, Tonga by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale

Megaptera, Tonga by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

"Megaptera" Tonga - 2019 Archival Pigment Print Available Sizes: Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) - $6,500 Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm) - $7,500 Edition of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Matriarch - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale

Matriarch - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

"Matriarch" Dominica - 2019 Archival Pigment Print Available Sizes: Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) - $3,500 Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm) - $7,500 Edition ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled

Untitled

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

It's no surprise that his oils graced such titles as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The ...

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Pearl of Panama"
"The Pearl of Panama"

"The Pearl of Panama"

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

It's no surprise that his oils graced such titles as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The ...

Category

1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Here Is the Sea Screen Print, Contemporary Art, Unframed, 18x28
Here Is the Sea Screen Print, Contemporary Art, Unframed, 18x28

Here Is the Sea Screen Print, Contemporary Art, Unframed, 18x28

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Eric Kanigan - How Deep is Your Love, Framed Photography, Printed After
Eric Kanigan - How Deep is Your Love, Framed Photography, Printed After

Eric Kanigan - How Deep is Your Love, Framed Photography, Printed After

By Eric Kanigan

Located in Greenwich, CT

Just a few miles off the coast of Dominica, the ocean floor drops thousands of feet—making these close encounters all the more surreal. Sperm whales dive to incredible depths, somet...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum, Archival Pigment

Suspended Grace - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

Suspended Grace - Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography

By Paul Nicklen

Located in Chicago, IL

Suspended Grace Dominica, 2019 Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm) $15,500 Additional Sizes: 3 Artist Proofs: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) - $20,500 Edition of 10: 40” x 60” ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eric Kanigan - Rhapsody in Blue, Framed Photography, Printed After

Eric Kanigan - Rhapsody in Blue, Framed Photography, Printed After

By Eric Kanigan

Located in Greenwich, CT

The composers here are whale-sized. After emerging from the depths following their hunt, sperm whales may take a pause from their linear movement at the surface to socialize.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin

Signed Graphite Portrait Drawing, English School, Mid-20th Century

Signed Graphite Portrait Drawing, English School, Mid-20th Century

Located in London, GB

Wood carving became her technique of choice, often working with hardwoods and, on occasion, sperm whale teeth. Clarke married Admiral Gervase B Middleton in 1938 but rarely exhibite...

Category

Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Eric Kanigan - Social Hour, Framed Photography, Printed After
Eric Kanigan - Social Hour, Framed Photography, Printed After

Eric Kanigan - Social Hour, Framed Photography, Printed After

By Eric Kanigan

Located in Greenwich, CT

Socialization events, like the one captured here, are seldom witnessed. Sperm whales form tightly knit matrilineal units of around ten members.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus

By Rockwell Kent

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

The historical ship, Essex, that was attacked by a sperm whale in 1820 was a major inspiration for much of Melville’s plot.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Books

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Unbreakable Bond, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier

Unbreakable Bond, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier

By Cristina Mittermeier

Located in Chicago, IL

Please contact gallery for framed pricing. A pair of sperm whales share a dance through the crystal tides of Dominica.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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