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Man Standing
Image Not Available for Man Standing

Man Standing

Artist Isabel Bishop (American, 1902-1988)
Date1929, printed 1989
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsImage: 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 33.4 × 25.6 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. David and Ruth Robinson Eisenberg
Object number2004.0237

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MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
Daniel Spoerri
1967
Image Not Available for (Man standing up at desk) from the series Business Life
(Man standing up at desk) from the series Business Life
William Gropper
1965
Untitled (Standing man in overcoat)
Untitled (Standing man in overcoat)
William Gropper
c. 1960
Image Not Available for Théâtre Libre program (man standing and smoking)
Théâtre Libre program (man standing and smoking)
Jean-Louis Forain
1893-1894
Image Not Available for Man Standing Upright
Man Standing Upright
Patrocinio Barela
undated
Standing Man and Woman
Standing Man and Woman
Patrocinio Barela
undated
Image Not Available for Standing Man - Study for King Lear
Standing Man - Study for King Lear
19th century
Standing man with erect phallus
Standing man with erect phallus
Unidentified Iberian
5th-4th century BCE
(Standing man in cloak)
(Standing man in cloak)
Unidentified Iberian
5th-4th century BCE
(Standing man with short tunic)
(Standing man with short tunic)
Unidentified Iberian
5th century BCE-4th century BCE
Image Not Available for Sleeping Man from the portfolio Suite of 8 Etchings 1930-1959
Sleeping Man from the portfolio Suite of 8 Etchings 1930-1959
Isabel Bishop
1930
Image Not Available for Man Pulling Up His Socks
Man Pulling Up His Socks
Isabel Bishop
1946, printed 1981