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John Edward Costigan
"When Day is Done, " an Original Etching signed by John Edward Costigan

c. 1939

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"When Day is Done" is an original etching and aquatint signed lower right in pencil by the artist John Edward Costigan. It depicts a man and a woman with their young child at the end of a day's work on the farm. A donkey and its plow are to the left of them. 8 3/8" x 12 3/4" image 12" x 14 7/8" paper 18" x 22 1/2" framed with museum glass John Edward Costigan (1888-1972) was a self-taught painter and trained printer. He most frequently painted in an impressionistic style and favored quaint scenes of the countryside. Multiple museums around the United States, including the Smithsonian, have his work in their permanent collections, and he has received awards from the National Academy of Design. Costigan often used his family members as models for his works, including "When Day is Done". Light pervades this bucolic scene, and Costigan highlights the simple pleasures of farm life.
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