The white palace
Item Information
- Title:
- The white palace
- Description:
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At the angle of a Venetian canal two gondolas are meeting. High buildings are on the right, and on the left beyond them the front of a palace in sunshine.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1930
- 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 37 x 22 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419303s
- 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. 246
Additional information accompanying item: Added work on gondola at left and in reflections. Window and grill added along right side of palace in the rear.
- 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). A third square window is added above the head of the further gondolier, and a shadow on the wall behind him cuts across his left shoulder.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000565
W. 2978 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000194528
