Women Walking in the Subway Station
Isabel Bishop
Description
Subject Matter:
The subway is a recurring subject in Bishop's etchings. Hundreds of people pass through a subway station everyday making it the perfect setting for Bishop. Bishop was interested in the mundane moments in the lives of New Yorkers, especially young women. The subway was a liberating form of transportation for women as it enabled them to travel farther and without the expected accompaniment of a man. Here, the movements of three unidentifed women are captured as they pass through the subway station.
Physical Description:
An etching of two women walking in high-heels towards the right and one woman standing in the middle, her face obscured. The woman to the far right carries a handbag. All three women wear knee-length skirts.
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