Title

Courting

Date1995

Mediumwood, acrylic

Dimensions24 × 14 × 23 in. (61 × 35.6 × 58.4 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.4163

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionBass wood sculpture with acrylic paint, of two right whales (male and female).Provenance" 'Courting' is about whale romance. A bull Right whale cavorts around a female, trying to win her favor in the dance of procreation" (from Wick Ahrens in "Wick Ahrens Sculpture," Kendall Whaling Museum exhibition catalogue, Sharon, MA, 1998, #5).

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