Isabel Bishop

Man Tying His Shoes

1946

An elderly man sitting on a bench bends forward to adjust his shoe.
An elderly man sitting on a bench bends forward to adjust his shoe.

Isabel Bishop, Man Tying His Shoes, 1946. Etching, sheet (Irregular): 8 5/16 × 5 7/16 in. (21.1 × 13.8 cm) Plate: 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Grace Belt Endowed Purchase Fund and the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund 89.33.10. © Estate of Isabel Bishop

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Not on view

Date
1946

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 8 5/16 × 5 7/16 in. (21.1 × 13.8 cm) Plate: 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)

Accession number
89.33.10

Edition
Proof | Proofs only

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Grace Belt Endowed Purchase Fund and the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
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