Study for "Marrakesh"
Item Information
- Title:
- Study for "Marrakesh"
- Title (alt.):
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Marrakesh
- Description:
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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:
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James McBey
- Date:
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[ca. 1902–1938]
- Format:
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Drawings/Illustrations
- Genre:
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Pencil works
- 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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Markets
City & town life
Mosques
Kutubiyya Mosque (Marrakech, Morocco)
- Places:
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Morocco > Marakesh
Djemaa el Fna
- Extent:
- 1 drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; sheet 35 x 29 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419g41g
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title(s) from item or from accompanying material.
Drawing for the etching titled, "Marrakesh" (Hardie and Carter: H. 274).
Additional information accompanying item: Drawing for plate. Signed lower left "James McBey."
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, Charles Carter. The etchings and drypoints of James McBey 1st ed. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1991).
- Identifier:
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17_06_000821
W. 3872 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000205407