Isabel Bishop

Recto:

Study for Nude #2

Verso:

(Seated Female Nude)

c. 1955

A faded, yellow-toned painting of a seated figure gently holding an indistinct object.
A faded, yellow-toned painting of a seated figure gently holding an indistinct object.

Isabel Bishop, Study for Nude #2, c. 1955. Tempera and graphite pencil on fiberboard, sheet (Sight): 14 3/4 × 14 1/4 in. (37.5 × 36.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the family of Mrs. Alice E. Van Orden in her memory, 1991 91.19a-b. © Estate of Isabel Bishop

Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1955

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Tempera and graphite pencil on fiberboard

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 14 3/4 × 14 1/4 in. (37.5 × 36.2 cm)

Accession number
91.19a-b

Credit line
Gift of the family of Mrs. Alice E. Van Orden in her memory, 1991

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Isabel Bishop

API
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