Girl Reading

1945

Isabel Bishop

Associated Names
Isabel Bishop

Artist, American, 1902 - 1988

The image shows a person standing and reading a piece of paper. The individual is slightly turned to the side with their head tilted down, focused on the paper in their hands. The person's facial features are lightly drawn, with shadows emphasizing their expression of concentration. They are wearing a headscarf, a long-sleeved, loose-fitting garment that reaches below the knees, and flat footwear. The background is textured with linear elements.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Letterio Calapai, New York; (M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, San Jose, California); Bud and Fran Moreland Johns, San Francisco, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Recent Acquisitions: American Art from the Johns Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2013-2014

Bibliography

1985

  • Teller, Susan Pirpiris. Isabel Bishop: Etchings and Aquatints, A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Associated American Artists, 1985, p. 24, no. 35.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 279, no. 2529.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Girl Reading; lower center in graphite: A/P / To Leo Calapai; lower right in graphite: Isabel Bishop; lower center margin in graphite: Printed by the artist before the 1981 Edition of 50 by A.A.A. / "Isabel Bishop," A Cat. Raisonné (No. 35) / Asso. Am. Artists 1981

Wikidata ID

Q77010473

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