Richard E. Bishop

"Whizzing"
c. 1930

A monochromatic etching depicting two ducks in flight over a tranquil marshland at dusk, with silhouetted reeds in the foreground and sparse, leafless trees in the background. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
A monochromatic etching depicting two ducks in flight over a tranquil marshland at dusk, with silhouetted reeds in the foreground and sparse, leafless trees in the background. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
c. 1930

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 13 5/8in. (40.6 × 34.6 cm) Plate: 10 13/16 × 9in. (27.5 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
96.68.23

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Richard E. Bishop
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