Artist’s Table

Isabel Bishop, Artist's Table, 1931, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.6
Isabel Bishop, Artist's Table, 1931, oil on canvas, 14 5⁄8 x 17 1⁄2 in. (37.2 x 44.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.6

Artwork Details

Title
Artist’s Table
Artist
Date
1931
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
14 5⁄8 x 17 1⁄2 in. (37.2 x 44.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Still life — foliage
  • Still life — furniture — table
  • Still life — art tool
  • Still life — other — container
Object Number
1986.6.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.6

Artwork Description

Bishop’s impeccable draftsmanship brought her recognition in the 1930s as one of the outstanding urban realists of the Fourteenth Street School, a group named for the area where Bishop, Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, and several other artist friends portrayed the local scene. Artist’s Table offers an intimate glimpse of Bishop’s studio; the casual disarray of the painting table and partly opened drawer reveal the private space in which the artist worked.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (15 items)

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Isabel Bishop, Students Walking, 1971, aquatint and etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1977.31
Students Walking
Artist
Date1971
aquatint and etching on paper
Not on view
Image Not Available
Seven Students
Artist
Date1981-1982
etching and aquatint on paper
Not on view
Isabel Bishop, Snack Bar, 1959, etching and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.135.1
Snack Bar
Artist
Date1959
etching and aquatint on paper
Not on view
Isabel Bishop, Mending, 1945, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.7
Mending
Artist
Date1945
oil on fiberboard
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1986.6.100 - SAAM-1986.6.100_2 - 135134
Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.