Lot 87313: MICHAEL WHELAN (American b. 1950) The Changeling

MICHAEL WHELAN (American b. 1950) The Changeling Sea, paperback cover, 1989 Gouache on board 8.5 x 5.5 in. Signed with a monograph lower right This illustration appeared on the cover of Patricia McKillip's novel, The Changeling Sea, Ballantine Del Rey, 1989. "Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And suddenly into her drab life come the King's sons, changelings with strange ties to the underwater kingdom."