Costigan, John E., N.A. (American)
1888-1972
Description:
(1) "Group of Figures," etching, pencil
signed l/r, inscribed l/l, 9"
x 14"
plate, 12.75" x 17.25"
sheet, 16"
x 20.5" framed.
$ 485.00
inclusive of S/H/I*
(2) "Boy with Cows," etching, pencil
signed l/r, inscribed l/l, 11" x 13"
plate.
$ 295.00
inclusive of S/H/I*
About the Prints: All are very good. The etchings show normal
light toning.
About the Artist: Costigan was a largely self-taught artist.
He moved from Providence, Rhode
Island to
New York City as an orphaned
teenager in
1904 to work for a commercial
poster company.
It was here that he learned the
rudiments
of drawing and painting, skills
he furthered
with informal study at New York's
Kit Kat
Club, a popular artists' hangout.
Costigan
achieved national fame as a painter
and printmaker
in the1920s and 30s. He won numerous
prestigious
awards and, despite his lack
of formal artistic
training, was elected a full
member of the
National Academy of Design. In
1937 the Smithsonian
Institution held a one-person
exhibition
of his graphic works. Famed American
printmaker
John Taylor Arms praised Costigan
as "a
brilliant etcher, particularly
noted for
his interpretation of life on
the American
farmstead."
Today prints by Costigan can
be found in
private and public collections
around the
nation, including the Prints
and Photographs
Division of the Library of Congress
in Washington,
which owns twenty-two. - from
Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, IN.
For extensive information about
this artist,
visit http://members.aol.com/negitsoc/jec.html .
For other payment options, or for further
information, please e-mail.
*Additional shipping/insurance charges for
shipment outside the continental
United States.
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