Glass-blowers, Murano
Item Information
- Title:
- Glass-blowers, Murano
- Title (alt.):
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Glassblowers: Murano
- Description:
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An interior at Murano, with glass-blowers at work. A large circular furnace with open doors is on the left. In front a stout figure (the famous glass-blower, Seguso) is seated, spinning a glass vessel at the end of his tube.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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McBey
- Date:
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1925–1930
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
- 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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Glassblowing
Glassworkers
Furnaces
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Murano, Isola di (island)
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 13 x 15 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419123v
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title(s) from item or from accompanying material.
Hardie and Carter: H. 243
Additional information accompanying item: Signed in the plate "McBey Venice 22, September 1925." Proof no.LXIX 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: L-X (British edition); AI-AXX (American edition).
- Identifier:
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17_06_000539
W. 3083 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000194247
