Irving Norman

American
(1906–1989)

The Pequod of Moby Dick
1967

Ink on paper
45 x 55 x 1.875 in.
Museum Purchase with the Charter Member Endowment Fund
1991.25

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This object has the following keywords:

• flags - Pieces of cloth or other flexible material, usually attached along one side to a pole or cord, intended for such purposes as symbolizing a nation or organization, or as a means of signaling.
• Merchant marine--Officers
• Moby Dick - Sources:
  - Vega, G. de la. Coplas, sonetos, canciones, elegías y églogas, 1985:
• Ship captains - Sources:
  - Intl. marit. dict.
  - Random House
• skull
• waves - Movements in the sea or other collection of water, by which a portion of the water rises above the normal level and then subsides, at the same time travelling over the surface; a moving ridge or swell of water between two depressions or troughs.
• whaleships - Sailing vessels engaged in whaling.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Alternate Realities , 9/1/1999 - 1/15/2000