Café Chioggia, no. 2
Item Information
- Title:
- Café Chioggia, no. 2
- Description:
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The subject the same as in No. 251, the plate being a new version of trial proof (3), with an open sky. Behind the seated figures are other figures moving across the Piazza.
- 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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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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Cafes
Plazas
Churches
San Giorgio maggiore (Church : Venice, Italy)
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Café Chioggia
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 32 x 24 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p84195770
- 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. 252
Additional information accompanying item: Considerable added work. The seated figures are now completed and two figures appear at left edge of plate. Pavement drawn in. There is now a crowd of people behind the seated woman. The entire background, including church and campanile redrawn and placed further to the right of plate. The sky burnished down. Trial proofs only. There was no published edition.
- 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 (2). St. Giorgio is moved a little towards the right. The figures are completed, and many more are added. Paving stones are marked. Except from the proof of some lines in the sky, it is difficult to believe that this is the same plate as trial (1).
- Identifier:
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17_06_000767
W. 3219 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000205217
