La Guidecca
Item Information
- Title:
- La Guidecca
- Description:
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A view of Venice, from the Zattere to the end of the Riva Schiavone (showing the Salute, the Campanile, the dome of St. Mark's, and the Doges' Palace), drawn from the steps of the Redentore. In the foreground, an argument about a gondolier's fare.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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McBey
- Date:
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1925–1926
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Waterfronts
Gondolas
Gondoliers
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
St Mark's Basilica
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 32 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418x631
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 229
Additional information accompanying item: Signed in the plate McBey Venice 15, September 1925. The signature now added to the plate. Outlines of gondolas at right burnished down. Proof no. AII of the published edition of 80 proofs.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Published state. The signature added. Edition of 80 proofs: I-LX (British edition); AI-AXX (American edition).
- Identifier:
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17_06_000413
W. 2044 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000190666