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James McBey

Associated Names
James McBey

Artist, Scottish, 1883 - 1959

The image shows a narrow street scene with buildings on either side viewed from an eye-level perspective. The alleyway recedes into the distance shrouded in shadows. The style features intricate, heavily lined etching with cross-hatched strokes for texture, creating a monochromatic palette of dark browns and blacks against a pale background. Figures with minimal detail are present in the foreground, while the alleyway fades into darkness in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on blue-green paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.8 × 16.2 cm (8 3/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5922

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hardie 1925, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1925

  • Hardie, Martin. Etchings and Drypoints from 1902 to 1924 by James McBey. London: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., 1925.

1997

  • Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. The Etchings and Dry-Points of James McBey (1883-1959). San Francisco, California: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, p.

Wikidata ID

Q65021551

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