Robert Kline #19 Sue the Sea Maiden Pregnant Nude Mermaid Art Print 17"

Description

Vintage print by Robert Kline titled “Sue” – Sea Maiden #19 – fictionally dated June 16, 1833. Print shows a nude sillouette of a pregnant mermaid with white hair wrapped in seaweed and a purple tail. Part of a series of pencil and watercolor illustrations by Kline which accompany his novel “The Forgotten Voyage of the H.M.S. Baci” in which multiple generations of the Robert’s family sail the seven seas in search of and documenting the world’s mermaid, sea baby and mermen population." Print pencil signed and titled. Included are two excerpts from Kline’s novel (also initialed) one of which describes the encounter with this particular maiden.

Robert Kline is a self taught artist of 21 years (2019). He was born and raised in the Midwest, matured in New England and subsequently transplanted to Florida: A life cycle that includes 20 years of being taught, 10 years of teaching, 15 years of finance, 4 published novels and numerous pieces of watercolor art featuring mermaids, mermen, sea (mermaid) babies, pirates, lighthouses, fairies, dragonflies — and more.
The Forgotten Voyage of the H.M.S. Baci Summary: “How Sir Edmund Roberts, gentleman naturalist and Sea Maiden questor, unsung cataloguer of the world’s mermaid population and champion of all battles save one with the loathsome pirate, Naughty Nat, circumnavigated the globe, fell in love with the recently svelte Captain Constance Daphne Fitzwillie, and still managed to leave this life cloaked in the cold blanket of obscurity.

Condition

Very Good

Dimensions

11” x 17” (Diameter x Height)