Isabel Bishop

Delayed Departure
1935, printed 1984

A black and white etching of a seated woman with a relaxed posture, wearing a dress and sandals, with her hands resting on her lap. The artwork has a sketch-like quality with visible hatching and cross-hatching lines, and there are signatures or inscriptions at the bottom. The image is centered on a white background with ample margins.
A black and white etching of a seated woman with a relaxed posture, wearing a dress and sandals, with her hands resting on her lap. The artwork has a sketch-like quality with visible hatching and cross-hatching lines, and there are signatures or inscriptions at the bottom. The image is centered on a white background with ample margins.

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Date
1935, printed 1984

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16in. (33.3 × 25.6 cm) Plate: 6 7/8 × 5 3/4in. (17.5 × 14.6 cm)

Accession number
85.45.2

Series
Eight Etchings 1930-1959

Edition
Whitney proof | Ed. 60, 7 APs, 1 BT, 1 PP

Publication
Printed by Stephen Sholinsky; published by Sylvan Cole Gallery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and Sylvan Cole Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

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Isabel Bishop
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