Isabel Bishop

Reaching for the Coat Sleeve
1943, printed 1980

An etching of a figure seen from behind, wearing a long coat and a hat, with the text "Whitney Proof" and a signature at the bottom on a white background.
An etching of a figure seen from behind, wearing a long coat and a hat, with the text "Whitney Proof" and a signature at the bottom on a white background.

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Date
1943, printed 1980

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 1/16in. (33.2 × 25.6 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 4in. (14.9 × 10.2 cm)

Accession number
81.20.2

Series
Eight Etchings 1936-1959

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

Publication
Printed by Stephen Sholinsky; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and Associated American Artists

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
artworks/3623

Isabel Bishop
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