Isabel Bishop

Over the Wall

1927, printed 1988

A man leans on a railing holding a hat, small sketch centered on a large blank page.
A man leans on a railing holding a hat, small sketch centered on a large blank page.

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Date
1927, printed 1988

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (33.2 × 25.2 cm) Plate: 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (6.4 × 8.7 cm)

Accession number
89.19.2

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

Publication
Printed by Stem Graphics; published by Midtown Galleries; published by Sylvan Cole Gallery

Credit line
Gift of Sylvan Cole Gallery and the Midtown Galleries in memory of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
artworks/7385

Part of a series:
Eight Etchings 1927-1934
8 works

A lightly etched portrait of a smiling woman wearing a headscarf and looking to the side.
Two women in skirts and coats stand closely together, talking and looking slightly to the left.
Two men in hats and coats stand closely together studying a large folded paper.
Small etched portrait of a woman with short hair and a handwritten signature beneath.
A woman in a dress stands holding a coat and looking slightly downward.
A man wearing a cap and jacket leans on a railing with his back turned.
Two men wearing hats lean on a balcony and talk quietly beside a stone fountain.
A man leans on a railing holding a hat, small sketch centered on a large blank page.

Isabel Bishop
74 works in the collection, 48 exhibitions

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