Card Player

Isabel Bishop, Card Player, 1937, pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.31
Isabel Bishop, Card Player, 1937, pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper, sheet: 10 x 5 1⁄4 in. (25.3 x 13.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.31

Artwork Details

Title
Card Player
Artist
Date
1937
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 10 x 5 1⁄4 in. (25.3 x 13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank McClure
Mediums
Mediums Description
pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — full length
  • Recreation — sport and play — cards
Object Number
1979.98.31
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1979.98.31

Artwork Description

Bishop moved to her studio in Union Square in New York City in 1934 and spent much of her time sketching people in the area engaged in their everyday activities. She believed that drawings were crucial steps in planning a painting. Bishop dedicated herself to this kind of preparatory work to such an extent that she sometimes completed only four paintings per year. Bishop herself once stated, “A pen drawing will often contain everything that will become the final picture.”

Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009

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

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Britain, from the United Nations Series
Artist
Date1944
ink, watercolor, pencil, crayon, and gouache on paper
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William H. Johnson, Buildings, ca. 1945, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.445
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Artist
Dateca. 1945
pen and ink and pencil on paper
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Artist
Date1979
ink, colored ink, pencil and pastel on paper
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William H. Johnson, Standing Girl, ca. 1944, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.552
Standing Girl
Artist
Dateca. 1944
pen and ink and pencil on paper
Not on view