Isabel Bishop

Girl with Newspaper

1945, printed 1980

A young woman wearing a headscarf stands and reads a folded newspaper in a shaded doorway.
A young woman wearing a headscarf stands and reads a folded newspaper in a shaded doorway.

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Date
1945, printed 1980

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 in. (33.2 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 7 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (18.7 × 11.1 cm)

Accession number
81.20.3

Edition
Whitney proof | Ed. 50, 7 APs, 1 BAT, 1 PP

Publication
Printed by Stephen Sholinsky; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Gift of the artist and Associated American Artists

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
artworks/3608

Part of a series:
Eight Etchings 1936-1959
8 works

A woman stands leaning on two bar stools at a counter in a small etching.
Two women stand facing each other as one lifts her hat while they talk.
A Victorian-era woman in a fitted dress and small hat stands facing forward, holding a glove.
Two people in coats stand close together, one raising an arm while the other holds a scarf.
A seated figure wearing fur and a tall hat looks to the right, hands folded in lap.
A young woman wearing a headscarf stands and reads a folded newspaper in a shaded doorway.
A person in a long coat walks away with hands clasped behind their back.
Two women sit closely, talking and holding hands while one comforts the other.

Isabel Bishop
74 works in the collection, 48 exhibitions

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