Isabel Bishop

Nude
1934

A painting depicting a seated nude female figure looking down, with her left hand resting on her thigh and her right hand supporting her as she leans on a cushion. She wears a light headscarf, and the background is rendered in warm, muted tones. The brushwork is loose and impressionistic, suggesting the texture of skin and fabric.

A painting depicting a seated nude female figure looking down, with her left hand resting on her thigh and her right hand supporting her as she leans on a cushion. She wears a light headscarf, and the background is rendered in warm, muted tones. The brushwork is loose and impressionistic, suggesting the texture of skin and fabric.

Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 33 × 40in. (83.8 × 101.6 cm)

Accession number
34.11

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
artworks/1893

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Isabel Bishop
74 works in the collection

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