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, Artist's Table, 1931, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.6
Artist’s Table
Artist
Date1931
oil on canvas
Not on view
Isabel Bishop, On the Street, 1931, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.30
On the Street
Artist
Date1931
etching on paper
Not on view
Isabel Bishop, Students, Entrance to Union Square, 1980, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.2
Students, Entrance to Union Square
Artist
Date1980
oil on plywood
Not on view
Isabel Bishop, Student and Two Girls, 1972, etching and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.33
Student and Two Girls
Artist
Date1972
etching and aquatint on paper
Not on view

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Artist
Dateca. 1944
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Harold Tovish, Particles II, 1971, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.64
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Date1971
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Date1931
pen and ink, conte crayon, and pencil on paper
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