"MOCHA DICK"
BRONZE SCULPTURE
"MOCHA DICK"
Bronze Sculpture
Limited Edition of 12
Dimensions: 56" H x 58"L x 40" W
Priced at... $95,000
Awarded Viewers' Choice Award, "Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, 1996
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" MOCHA DICK" STORY
From ships' logs of several nations and the memories of men who could never forget, The Detroit Free Press on April 3, 1892, recognized five sperm whale bulls: Mocha Dick; Spotted 'New Zealand' Tom; Shy 'Timor' Jack; Ugly Tom; and Fighting Joe. At the top of this list from 1810-1859, Mocha Dick took the battle to the whalers with such power and cunning that for fifty years history and legend flowed together in his wake.There is a depth of character in this old fighter that defies description while tempting one to try. With his great American novel, Moby Dick, Herman Melville kept alive the memory of this whale. Now with bronze, I offer yet another telling of Mocha Dick.
Bronze Sculpture
Limited Edition of 12
Dimensions: 56" H x 58"L x 40" W
Priced at... $95,000
Awarded Viewers' Choice Award, "Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, 1996
Scroll Down to Read Story and view Slide Show
" MOCHA DICK" STORY
From ships' logs of several nations and the memories of men who could never forget, The Detroit Free Press on April 3, 1892, recognized five sperm whale bulls: Mocha Dick; Spotted 'New Zealand' Tom; Shy 'Timor' Jack; Ugly Tom; and Fighting Joe. At the top of this list from 1810-1859, Mocha Dick took the battle to the whalers with such power and cunning that for fifty years history and legend flowed together in his wake.There is a depth of character in this old fighter that defies description while tempting one to try. With his great American novel, Moby Dick, Herman Melville kept alive the memory of this whale. Now with bronze, I offer yet another telling of Mocha Dick.
