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A man checks his nets in front of a fishing boat with a furled white sail and a blue gunwale painted with the letters 'MA' for Malaga, where the boat is registered. On the right is a boat with a furled red sail and ‘Juani…’ on its gunwale. A drying fishing net extends across the foreground. In the background there are houses and, on the right, perhaps a small chapel with other fishing boats in front of it. The grey sky contains four small clouds. The sea is a thin line of deep, grey-blue on the horizon. The location is thought to be Torremolinos (then just a small fishing village), near Malaga, where the artist stayed and painted while on his travelling scholarship in 1952.

University of Edinburgh

George Square

Title

Fishing Boats on a Spanish Beach

Date

1952

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 36.5 x W 44 cm

Accession number

EU0329

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

David McClure 52

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University of Edinburgh

George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland

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Artist or maker

David McClure

1926–1998

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