Laguna Veneta
Item Information
- Title:
- Laguna Veneta
- Description:
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Chioggia fishing-boats are drifting, with sails up, on the calm water of the lagoon. Behind them is Venice, mistily seen in morning sunshine.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1924–1926
- 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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Lakes & ponds
Fishing boats
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Laguna Veneta (lagoon)
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 18 x 38 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418z09f
- 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. 227
Additional information accompanying item: Horizontal line at left carried to the edge of plate.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1924.
- 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 (5). Distant Venice now reaches to the left-hand side of the plate. Five proofs, to test different effects of printing.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000390
W. 2423 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000190096