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Arab Man with Child
Image Not Available for Arab Man with Child

Arab Man with Child

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Datec.1933
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOverall: Height: 77.5 cm, Width: 58.5 cm
AcquisitionMarguerite McBey Bequest, 2000.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
Object numberABDAG013820
Keywords
About MeWhilst the prostitutes and working girls of Marrakech were decorative and appealing subjects for his paintings, James did not avoid the gritty realism of life in this North African city. Here he captures the abject poverty of the poorest people of the society.

This tender depiction of father and child is based on a photograph - probably taken by James or Marguerite - of a real man and his baby.