Havana Harbour
Item Information
- Title:
- Havana Harbour
- Description:
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Two schooners are sailing towards the entrance of Havana Harbour. In the middle distance is Morro Castle. In foreground to left the Malecon Promenade with crowd of idlers and fishermen on the quayside.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1940–1941
- 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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Harbors
Waterfronts
Schooners
Crowds
Recreation
- Places:
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Cuba > Havana (province) > Havana
Port Havana
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 18 x 33 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p84190370
- 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: C. 278
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "For the Boston Public Library, James McBey." Steps in foreground re-etched. Line in the sky immediately in front of outgoing boat taken out, also several lines in back of sail.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1940.
- 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 (6). The bottom edge of quay and its reflection in water re-bitten. Clouds altered by taking out lines to left of the near schooner.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000976
- Barcode:
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36666000010740
