Isabel Bishop

In the Square

1949, printed 1984

A woman wearing a hat sits on a park bench holding flowers and a small bag.
A woman wearing a hat sits on a park bench holding flowers and a small bag.

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Date
1949, printed 1984

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 × 3 1/2 in. (13.8 × 8.9 cm)

Accession number
85.45.5

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

Publication
Printed by Stephen Sholinsky; published by Sylvan Cole Gallery

Credit line
Gift of the artist and Sylvan Cole Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
artworks/3610

Part of a series:
Eight Etchings 1930-1959
8 works

A woman in a dress sits on a bar stool, leaning forward to drink from a glass.
Two women stand facing each other in conversation, one holding a cup and the other touching her face.
A woman in a mid-length skirt stands with folded arms, looking down shyly.
A woman wearing a hat sits on a park bench holding flowers and a small bag.
An older couple sits closely on a bench, the man holding a pipe and talking.
An older man stands with his back turned, holding a coat over one shoulder and hand on hip.
A seated woman cradles a sleeping child across her lap while another child stands beside her.
A person wrapped in a cloak sits hunched on the ground facing away.

Isabel Bishop
74 works in the collection, 48 exhibitions

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