Bishop, Isabel. EIGHT ETCHINGS 1930-1959. Portfolio of eight etchings, published in 1985 by the Sylvan Cole Gallery. Includes T11A, T18A, T37A, T40A, T44A, T49A, T50A, and T54A. Cloth covered clamshell box with title and introduction, contents and justification (this being #4/50 of the total edition of 60, comprising 40 portfolios, ##1/50-40/50, ten sets for sale as individual prints, ##41/50-50/50, seven Artist's Proof suites ##I/VII-VII/VII, and one each "Whitney Proof," "Bon a Tirer," and "Printer's Proof" sets. ), with Bishops signature at the bottom of the justification page, and the eight etchings, each in a separate titled folder, and each numbered 4/50 and signed in pencil. In very Fine condition, with no signs of wear. Although Isabel Bishop was a prolific printmaker throughout her career, only a few of the prints she did between 1925 and 1978 were published in editions. Bishop herself printed proofs of most of the prints for gifts, sale, or for her own records. There is no record of the number of such proofs, though in most cases it was very small. In 1978 Associated American Artists issued EIGHT ETCHINGS I, the first item in the effort made by Bishop with Sylvan Cole and Stephen Sholinsky to produce editions of all of her prints. Between 1980 and 1988 when Bishop died 56 of her earlier prints had been published by A.A.A. or by the Sylvan Cole Gallery, including sixteen in two subsequent portfolios, EIGHT ETCHINGS II (1981) and ISABEL BISHOP, EIGHT ETCHINGS 1930-1959 (1985); the remaining 40 were published individually, in editions varying between 25 and 75 each.
