The Orange Seller, Tetuan by James McBey

The Orange Seller, Tetuan by James McBey

The Orange Seller, Tetuan

James McBey

Title

The Orange Seller, Tetuan

 
Artist

James McBey

  1883 - 1959 (biography)
Year
1912  
Technique
etching 
Image Size
5 7/16 x 9 14/16" platemark 
Signature
ink, lower right; signed in plate, lower center right image 
Edition Size
numbered III in ink in lower left; edition of 50 plus proofs 
Annotations
in plate: "James McBey Tetuan December 1912"; titled in pencil in lower margin, recto. 
Reference
Hardy/Carter 128 
Paper
antique-white laid "John Haye" 
State
v/v 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
19817 
Price
SOLD
Description

"The Orange Seller" depicts a market place (El Soko) at Tetuan (Tetouan) in Morocco. In the foreground, oranges in baskets and on a mat; a man and a woman seated side by side. Int the background is a crowd of Moors and a donkey.

This is one of a series of 13 etchings McBey did in December of 1912 in Tetuan titled the 'Moroccan Set'. "The Orange Seller" is considered one of the finest etchings of the group.