Artwork Details
Artist
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Dimensions
14-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. (image) 17-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. (sheet)
Mark Description
inscribed in ink, below image, L.L. margin: AXIX | signed in ink, below image, L.R.: James McBey
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William H. Thompson
Copyright
Collection
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
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Gallery Labels
McBey went to Venice in 1925, already steeped in the etched work of Whistler, as were so many of McBey's generation. Comparisons with Whistler's justly famous Venetian set of the 1880s were unavoidable.
"Every morning during a month which I spent in McBey's company [in Venice] in the autumn of 1925, he was out at five o'clock to see whether the sun was rising in mist, or in a sky of blue. Never have I known anyone with such untiring energy and passion for work. He began at dawn."
-Martin Hardie, 1937
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 16, 2008 - July 13, 2008
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