Boy with Cows, etching, pencil signed l/r,
inscribed l/l, 11" x 13"
plate.
About the Print: Very good condition; unframed. Light toning
consistent with a print of this age. John
Costigan was a leader in the print revival
of the early 20th century and this print
is representative of his work. It will make
an excellent addition to any print collection
of this period and for a modest investment
will present beautifully behind a new mat
and frame.
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.
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