The passing gondola
Item Information
- Title:
- The passing gondola
- Description:
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In front of a sunlit palace, a gondola is entering the shadows of the canal beyond.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James 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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Canals
Castles & palaces
Gondolas
Gondoliers
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 22 x 27 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418x69p
- 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. 230
Additional information accompanying item: Considerable added work in plate. Palaces in background at right completed and lines of shading now cross figure of gondolier and rear of boat. Heavy drypoint lines along right edge of plate.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- 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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Trial proof (3). Perpendicular lines of shading are carried across the gondolier and the stern of his boat. There is a reflection on the water from the small barred window.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000416
W. 2414 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000190690
