East River, sunset
Item Information
- Title:
- East River, sunset
- Description:
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Sunset over the East River, seen from the Williamsburg Bridge, with Brooklyn on the left and New York on the right, joined by the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1934
- 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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Rivers
Cities & towns
Waterfronts
- Places:
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New York > New York > Manhattan
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 36 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419g55t
- 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. 270
Additional information accompanying item: Published in 1934. Skyscrapers have been burnished lightening the value and the bridge in the foreground has been strengthened. Boats strengthened with added work and lines in the water. Buildings in middle distance reworked. Value added to shadow side of ferry.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- 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 (4). Horizontal lines added here and there on the surface of the water.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000795
- Barcode:
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36666000004685