Venetian night
Item Information
- Title:
- Venetian night
- Title (alt.):
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A Venetian night
- Description:
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In a gondola that drifts along a Venetian canal a man stands playing on a violin. His figure is silhouetted against a blaze of light on the lower storey of a place beyond.
- 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
Night
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 28 x 43 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419f47x
- 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 accompanying material.
Hardie and Carter: H. 254
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, Charles Carter. The etchings and drypoints of James McBey 1st ed. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1991).
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (13). The left-hand reflection on the water extended on the left by drypoint to 40 mm. from the edge of the plate. Six trial proofs to test paper and printing. No. 14 is on a paper of deep blue.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000626
W. 3042 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000007282