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Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 1 June 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 1 June 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)
Image Not Available for Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 1 June 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)

Cutting from The New York Times Book Review, 1 June 1930 (Portfolio of Articles and Cuttings)

Owner (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1930
Object NameNewspaper Cutting
Mediumpaper and ink
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions41.8 x 31.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008292.88
About MeNewspaper cutting from The New York Times Book Review, dated 1 June 1930 with articles, "Death Valley, Deadly and Alluring" and "August Strindberg, the Chaotic, in a New Biography" on one side. The other has article, "A Broad Survey of the Arts in Soviet Russia" by Alexander Nazaroff.

The cutting is kept within a portfolio of articles and cuttings that belonged to James McBey, which he kept because they were of interest.

This object is part of an archive that belonged to Marguerite McBey. As a result of her generosity, Aberdeen Art Gallery holds the largest archive of James McBey's work, including prints, drawings, sketchbooks, oil paintings and memorabilia such as this newspaper cutting.