James McBey

Greetings From Tangier

James McBey's original pen & ink drawing, "Greetings From Tangier" was created by the British artist in 1928. It is drawn on thick wove paper and with full margins. It is titled and signed by James McBey along the lower margin and also signed by his wife, Margueritte. This original pen and ink drawing was designed as a personal greeting card for a close friend and stands as a beautiful example of the art created by James McBey, one of Britain's finest masters of the early 20th century.

Greetings From Tangier

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James McBey (Aberdeen, 1883 - 1959)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Francais Inconnus by James McBey	Original Drypoint Engraving	1917	Signed in pen by James McBey and numbered XXII under the plate-mark. Hardie Catalogue #176, First and Only State, Limited edition of sixty impressions.	Sold
02.-		Greetings From Tangier by James McBey	Original Pen & Ink Drawing	1928	Titled and signed by James McBey along the lower margin and also signed by his wife. Dated '1928', on the verso.	Sold

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Artist:	McBey, James (Aberdeen, 1883 - 1959)
Date:	1928
Medium:	Original Pen & Ink Drawing
Note:	James McBey: One of the greatest masters of twentieth century British art, James McBey was entirely self-taught. Until the age of twenty-six McBey worked full-time in a Scottish bank. By 1909 he had created fifty-eight etchings depicting mostly Aberdeen and Edinburgh scenes, but even in these early works he exhibited the economy of line and dramatic use of space which would make his etchings and dry point engravings famous.
	During the next few years, James McBey visited Holland, Spain and Morocco, creating memorable etchings and drawings of these localities. International attention was directed towards the artist with his first London exhibition in 1911. Such influential scholars and critics as Malcolm Salaman and Martin Hardie hailed James McBey at this time as the new master of British etching. His finest work, however, was yet to come.
	Later in the same year, James McBey was appointed to the Palestine Expeditionary Force in the Sinai Desert. The sand-filled horizons and landscapes engendered a different, more poetic art. After the war, McBey's drawings, etchings and dry points continued to receive critical acclaim.
	The original art of James Mcbey is housed in many public collections both in Britain and abroad. The larges collection will be found in his native Art Gallery of Aberdeen, as well as the British Museum, London. The prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum, London, counts four of his watercolors and several of his drawings among its possessions.
	"Greetings From Tangier" is a beautiful James Mickey pen and ink drawing. It bears the date '1928' on the verso of the drawing and thus comes from one of Mickey's finest periods of creativity, being the year after the publication of his Venice etchings. It was designed as a personal greeting card for a close friend. The drawing bears both the signatures of Mickey and his wife, Marguerite. One can thus assume the two figures sitting on the bank are actually the artist and his wife. Like his Venice etchings, this original pen and ink drawing brilliantly explores the possibilities of light and dark and most particularly of space and distance. Only a Master such as Mcbey could create such depth within such a small space.
Size:	6 3/4 X 4 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Drawn on thick wove paper and with full margins. Titled and signed by the artist along the lower margin and also signed by his wife. Dated '1928', on the verso. It is in excellent condition throughout. This original pen and ink drawing stands as a beautiful example of the art of James McBey, one of Britain's finest masters of early 20th century.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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