Shipping on the Giudecca Canal
Folder sketch for "Shipping on the Guidecca"
Description:
A view of Venice, from the Zattere to the end of the Riva Schiavone (showing the Salute, the Campanile, the dome of St. Mark's, and the Doges' Palace), drawn from the steps of the Redentore. In the foreground, an argument about a gondolier's fare.
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Drawing for the etching titled, "La Guidecca" (Hardie and Carter: H. 229).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed lower right "McBey Venice September 1924." Another smaller pen and ink sketch of a building is on the back.
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Notes (citation):
Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.