The doorway
Item Information
- Title:
- The doorway
- Title (alt.):
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The doorway: Venice
- Description:
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The doorway of a palace on a side-canal at Venice. Above the door is a heavy balcony, and in front are two men in a loaded boat.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1930
- 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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Doors & doorways
Boats
Castles & palaces
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 16 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419139r
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title(s) from item or from accompanying material.
Hardie and Carter: H. 244
Additional information accompanying item: Additional horizontal lines in reflections in the water. Lines in prow of boat scraped.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (10). Some dark lines on the bow of the boat, above the topside, have been burnished.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000547
W. 2974 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000194320