Marrakesh

Title:: Marrakesh
Description:: Djema el Fna, the market square of Marrakesh, with crowds of figures and many sunscreens of matting. In the distance, the white walls of the town and the tower of the Koutoubia.
Artist:: McBey, James, 1883-1959
Name on Item:: James McBey
Date:: 1938
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Etchings
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:: Markets
City & town life
Mosques
Kutubiyya Mosque (Marrakech, Morocco)
Places:: Morocco > Marakesh
Djemaa el Fna
Extent:: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 28 x 23 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419g296
Terms of Use:: Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.

Notes:: Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 274
Notes (acquisition):: Gift; from McBey; Dec. 1939
Notes (date):: Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):: Hardie, Martin, Charles Carter. The etchings and drypoints of James McBey 1st ed. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1991).
Notes (object):: Trial proof (1). Very slight work on the tower, and nearly all the screens are still white.
Identifier:: 17_06_000826
W. 3872 (no longer used)
Barcode:: 36666000205456

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