McBey, James (scottish, 1883-1959).THE GLASS BLOWERES - MURANO .Drypoint, 1930. Edtion of 80. Signed in ink, lower right and numbered "xlvi" lower left. 5 x 5 7/8 inches (plate), plus margins. In a Frederick Keppel & Co. frame, with their label. A lovely impression, showing burr; In very good condition. The scene shows the famous glass artist Seguso, seated, working a piece of glass on the end of a spinning pipe. A furnace, tended bya worker is in front of him, and a group of workers, occupied with other tasks is behind. The Seguso family has been a force in the manufacture of glass on Murano Island for 23 generations, going back to 1397.
