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Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections on the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983 (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Ten American Women Artists," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings (exhibition in celebration of International Women's Year), Sept. 7 - 28, 1975
"Judge the Jury," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Dec. 30, 1960 Feb. 2, 1961
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Current Painting Styles and Their Sources," 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, June 1 - July 20, 1958, (painting was purchased from exhibition)
"One Hundred Thirty-third Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, N.Y., 1958
"American Art, Past and Present," Twenty-fifth Biennial Exhibition, Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1957, (circulated to: Toledo Museum of Art, OH)
"Fourth Annual Exhibition," Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine, 1956
"One Hundred Fifty-first Annual American Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1956
"Bishop - Paintings and Drawings," Midtown Galleries, N.Y., Oct. 25 - Nov. 19, 1955
"Annual Exhibition of Contempory Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., 1955
Published ReferencesDonald Goddard, AMERICAN PAINTING, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1990, color ill. p.228.
Karl Lunde, ISABEL BISHOP, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., N.Y., 1975, ref. no.134, color ill. no.134
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, cat. ill.
Elsa Honig Fine, WOMEN AND ART, A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, Allanheld & Schram, Montclair, New Jersey, 1978, cat. ill. p.206, fig.9.17
Helen Yglesias, ISABEL BISHOP, Chameleon, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1989, color ill. pg.50
ART NEWS, Nov. 1955, ill. p.50
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, cat. no.5
"Ten American Women Artists," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, 1975, brochure ref. no.2
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.36 & 37, b/w ill. pl.17, p.37
TIME MAGAZINE, Nov. 28, 1955, (included in article on the Midtown Gallery Exhibition), p.70, ill. p.68
"Fourth Annual Exhibition," Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine, 1956, cat. no.15
"Current Painting Styles and Their Sources," 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, 1958, cat. ref.
"Bishop - Paintings and Drawings," Midtown Galleries, N. Y., 1955, brochure no.5
"One hundred Thirty-third Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, N. Y., 1958, cat. no.55
"Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1955, cat. no.8
Isabel Bishop's main subject was the lives of working class women in New York City. Different from most of her work--which shows the women outside engaged in the bustle of the city--Nude No. 2, shows a very intimate, private moment. The viewer is almost embarrassed to be "spying." This image shows the various contortions the body sometimes goes through in order to complete even the most ordinary tasks.
Source: DMAC Gallery Guide, From Body to Being, February 1 - May 4, 1997
Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections on the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983 (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Ten American Women Artists," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings (exhibition in celebration of International Women's Year), Sept. 7 - 28, 1975
"Judge the Jury," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Dec. 30, 1960 Feb. 2, 1961
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Current Painting Styles and Their Sources," 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, June 1 - July 20, 1958, (painting was purchased from exhibition)
"One Hundred Thirty-third Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, N.Y., 1958
"American Art, Past and Present," Twenty-fifth Biennial Exhibition, Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1957, (circulated to: Toledo Museum of Art, OH)
"Fourth Annual Exhibition," Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine, 1956
"One Hundred Fifty-first Annual American Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1956
"Bishop - Paintings and Drawings," Midtown Galleries, N.Y., Oct. 25 - Nov. 19, 1955
"Annual Exhibition of Contempory Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., 1955
Published ReferencesDonald Goddard, AMERICAN PAINTING, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1990, color ill. p.228.
Karl Lunde, ISABEL BISHOP, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., N.Y., 1975, ref. no.134, color ill. no.134
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, cat. ill.
Elsa Honig Fine, WOMEN AND ART, A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, Allanheld & Schram, Montclair, New Jersey, 1978, cat. ill. p.206, fig.9.17
Helen Yglesias, ISABEL BISHOP, Chameleon, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1989, color ill. pg.50
ART NEWS, Nov. 1955, ill. p.50
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, cat. no.5
"Ten American Women Artists," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, 1975, brochure ref. no.2
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.36 & 37, b/w ill. pl.17, p.37
TIME MAGAZINE, Nov. 28, 1955, (included in article on the Midtown Gallery Exhibition), p.70, ill. p.68
"Fourth Annual Exhibition," Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine, 1956, cat. no.15
"Current Painting Styles and Their Sources," 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, 1958, cat. ref.
"Bishop - Paintings and Drawings," Midtown Galleries, N. Y., 1955, brochure no.5
"One hundred Thirty-third Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, N. Y., 1958, cat. no.55
"Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1955, cat. no.8
DimensionsOverall: 31 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (80.6 × 54.6 cm)
Accession Number 1958.62
Classificationspainting
ProvenanceArtist. Midtown Galleries, New York; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from previous, 1958]
