Bishop, Isabel
(b. 1902
d. 1988)
Sketchbook, ca. 1950
Isabel Bishop (1902-1988) found inspiration and an endless source of subject matter in everyday urban life. Her papers include eight spiral-bound sketchbooks small enough to be held in the hand. In this sketchbook Bishop's employs a variety of expressive lines -- from spontaneous scribbles to deliberate hatching -- to seize the human spirit.
[Sketchbook], ca. 1950 / Isabel Bishop, artist. 1 v. : graphite and ink ; 10 x 15 cm. Isabel Bishop papers. Archives of American Art.
19 p. There are sketches on many of the pages? versos. Graphite and pen were used to create the images and for Bishop?s discussions on form, subject, and content in works of art as well as her lists of artists and their works of art which she might have seen on a museum visit. The images are loosely sketched and many are indiscernible. Images that are more complete include: a sitting man wearing a hat, two men, one behind a newspaper and one looking at the viewer, a sitting woman, and a study of two faces, one profile and one frontal.
[Sketchbook], ca. 1950 / Isabel Bishop, artist. 1 v. : graphite and ink ; 10 x 15 cm. Isabel Bishop papers. Archives of American Art.
19 p. There are sketches on many of the pages? versos. Graphite and pen were used to create the images and for Bishop?s discussions on form, subject, and content in works of art as well as her lists of artists and their works of art which she might have seen on a museum visit. The images are loosely sketched and many are indiscernible. Images that are more complete include: a sitting man wearing a hat, two men, one behind a newspaper and one looking at the viewer, a sitting woman, and a study of two faces, one profile and one frontal.
Forms Part of: Isabel Bishop papers