Venetian night
Item Information
- Title:
- Venetian night
- Title (alt.):
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Drawing for "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 story of a place beyond.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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September 1925
- Format:
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Drawings/Illustrations
- Genre:
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Ink drawings
Wash drawings
- 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
Gondolas
Gondoliers
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 drawing : pen and wash ; sheet 24 x 33 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419h51x
- 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 of the same title (Hardie and Carter: H. 254).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed to right of sketch "James McBey, Sunday morning 2.50am 19 september 1925"; Sketches on back.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
- 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_000886
- Barcode:
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36666000004347