id: 171835 accession number: 2014.58 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.58 updated: 2022-09-22 11:03:05.334000 Girls sitting in Union Square fountain, 1936. Isabel Bishop (American, 1902–1988). Etching; platemark: 14.8 x 12.4 cm (5 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.); sheet: 29.4 x 23.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2014.58 title: Girls sitting in Union Square fountain title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1936 creation date earliest: 1936 creation date latest: 1936 current location: creditline: Bequest of John Bonebrake copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Bishop, Isabel, and Susan Teller. Isabel Bishop, Etchings and Aquatints: A Catalogue Raisonne? (New --- CREATORS * Isabel Bishop (American, 1902–1988) - artist --- measurements: Platemark: 14.8 x 12.4 cm (5 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.4 x 23.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: Below image, lower right corner, in graphite: Isabel Bishop; verso: stamp of Collector's of American Art, Inc., May '39, NY, NY translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940 opening date: 2021-07-18T04:00:00 Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The fountain behind the young women in this print was at the time an active drinking fountain, bringing fresh water from Croton reservoir in upstate New York. digital description: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Isabel Bishop arrived in New York City to study illustration in 1918. She explored the city from her studio on Fourteenth Street and Union Square, focusing mostly on the young working women in the neighborhood. Positioning her protagonists from a distance, as one might encounter them on a street, her works epitomize the pleasure of people watching in the city. Her subjects, many of whom stitched garments or made artificial flowers at hatmaker shops nearby, were consumers of fashion themselves. A tight-fitting skirt and stylish hat could assert femininity, personal expression, and modernity. wall description: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Isabel Bishop arrived in New York City to study illustration in 1918. She explored the city from her studio on Fourteenth Street and Union Square, focusing mostly on the young working women in the neighborhood. Positioning her protagonists from a distance, as one might encounter them on a street, her works epitomize the pleasure of people watching in the city. Her subjects, many of whom stitched garments or made artificial flowers at hatmaker shops nearby, were consumers of fashion themselves. A tight-fitting skirt and stylish hat could assert femininity, personal expression, and modernity. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES