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PAINTING - DEEP CRESTED WHALE

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Richard Ellis

c. 1975

Subcollections

Overview

Painting of dark grey, black whale with white beak -like snout, and many scratches and scars, gouache on blue card, framed and mounted with inscription (72.)

Historical information

Collection of 106 of paintings by Richard Ellis that were selected by the Smithsonian Institution to form a traveling exhibit of the marine mammals of the world. The collection was purchased by Perth businessman Kevin Parry in 1985 and donated to Whale World, now known as Albany's Historic Whaling Station.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-RE1999.366

Item type

Artworks

Themes

Art and Design

Nature

Material

Card

Gouache

Metal

Paper

Perspex

Width

410 mm

Height or length

440 mm

Depth

15 mm

Weight

1.52 kg

Inscriptions and markings

An all-black animal with a white beak (sometimes) and the usual scars and scratches, the deep-crested whale is a rare species in a rare genus. It is very similar to the arch-beaked whale, but appears to be a resident of the South Pacific.
72.

Verso: Smithsonian label checklist # 72 Packing case # 5, AHWS accession number.

Contextual information

The paintings represent a body of work by well-known American marine conservationist, author, artist and natural historian Richard Ellis (1938-2024).

Keywords

Richard Ellis

Smithsonian Institution

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Marine Mammals

Place made

United States

Year

c. 1975