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Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)

Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1936-1938
Object NameSketch
Mediumpaper and pencil
ClassificationsMcBey
Dimensions17.6 × 12.9cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Family of James and Marguerite McBey
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008324.15
About MeSketch depicting figures studies focussing on the head and shoulders, drawn by James McBey. It is kept within a sketchbook used by McBey in Morocco from 1936 to 1938., along with a series of other related drawings.

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 sketch.
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (recto & verso) (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (recto & verso) (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Morocco)
James McBey
1936-1938
Male Figure Studies, Marrakesh December 1937 (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Male Figure Studies, Marrakesh December 1937 (Sketchbook - Morocco)
James McBey
1937
Figure Studies (recto & verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (recto & verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies, 21 March 1936 (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
Figure Studies, 21 March 1936 (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies (rect & verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
Figure Studies (rect & verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Figure Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Figure Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1935
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - War)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook - War)
James McBey
1918
Figure and Animal Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Figure and Animal Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1935
Figure Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
Figure Studies, 12 October 1935 (Sketchbook - Meknes & Marrakesh)
James McBey
1935
Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - War)
Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - War)
James McBey
1918
Figure Studies (Sketchbook)
Figure Studies (Sketchbook)
James McBey
1925-1949
Figure study (recto), Boxes (verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
Figure study (recto), Boxes (verso) (Sketchbook - Dar Ben Zina, Marrakesh)
James McBey
1936
Image Not Available for Figure Studies, Nantucket August 1943 (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
Figure Studies, Nantucket August 1943 (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
James McBey
1943
Image Not Available for Figure Studies, Nantucket August 1943 (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
Figure Studies, Nantucket August 1943 (Sketchbook - Nantucket and Massachusetts)
James McBey
1943
Image Not Available for Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - USA)
Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - USA)
James McBey
1944-1945
Image Not Available for Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - USA)
Male Figure Studies (Sketchbook - USA)
James McBey
1944-1945
Seated Male Figure (recto), Female Figure (verso) (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Seated Male Figure (recto), Female Figure (verso) (Sketchbook - Morocco)
James McBey
1936-1938
Crouched Male Figure (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Crouched Male Figure (Sketchbook - Morocco)
James McBey
1936-1938
Figure Climbing Palm Tree (Sketchbook - Morocco)
Figure Climbing Palm Tree (Sketchbook - Morocco)
James McBey
1936-1938