[At the noon hour] / Isabel Bishop. – Antique Wall Art
![[At the noon hour] / Isabel Bishop., [1935] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9b/9b0c9734bc04-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [At the noon hour] / Isabel Bishop., a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[At the noon hour] / Isabel Bishop.
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Isabel Bishop's etching "At the Noon Hour" (1935) catches a small, ordinary break in the working day: young women stepping out into the city to eat, talk, and stretch their legs. Bishop, a New York painter and printmaker, made her reputation by drawing office workers and shop girls in the Union Square area, and her figures here have a quiet, self-possessed look that sets them apart from the more sentimental city scenes of the period. The print appeared during the Depression, when many women took paid office and clerical jobs and their clothing signaled both their place in the working world and their own sense of style. Worth noticing are the hats, coats, and tailored dresses, which tell you as much about the wearers' lives as the setting does.
| Created / published | [1935] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil. Also published under title: Noon hour. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Women--Social life--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,164 × 1,470 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218579 |
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