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JAMES MCBEY The Deserted Palace.
Etching printed in dark brownish black on antique, cream laid paper, 1928. 207x252 mm; 8 1/4x10 inches, full margins. Edition of 80. Signed and inscribed "LXVII" in ink, lower margin. Strasburg Lily watermark. A very good, richly-inked impression with warm plate tone.
This view of a gondolier in front of a worn Venetian building façade has obvious ties to the etchings of Whistler. However, unlike Whistler, McBey frequently created his etchings from previous drawings rather than from life. Perhaps as a result, they lack the spontaneity of Whistler's etchings. Hardie 236.
