Graphite on paper, one signed and dated 1941, four illustrate Moby Dick and one is a diagram of ships, all but one in uniform black painted frames.

DOA 19 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. (the largest)

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, NC

These drawings are preparatory sketches for Coale's 325-foot mural illustrating Moby Dick in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building, New York.

Toning and scattered stains; not examined out of frames.