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John Costigan"Woman, Boy and Goats", Original Signed Etching by John E. CostiganCirca 1930
Circa 1930
About the Item
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips Memorial Gallery in Washington and the Brooklyn Museum, to name only a few of the many institutions that feature his work. This print, with its highly considered composition and its loose style of figuration- deftly balances realism and abstraction- helps to explain his acclaim. This etching features a mother walking with her child and two goats in a forested glen. It is a Classic pastoral scene rendered in Costigan's inimitable style- somewhere between Theodore Rousseau and Thomas Hart Benton. These offer a beautiful glimpse of a bygone American pastoral life in America, not to mention that it represents a beautiful object in its own right. High style deco has three more prints from this series in our inventory. The entire suite of four prints is available for purchase for $4475. The pieces are in the original portfolio and have never been framed. Excellent condition.
American, circa 1930
Dimensions:
Sheet 17.25" W x 12" H
With matting 18" W x 14" H.
- Creator:John Costigan (1888 - 1872, American)
- Creation Year:Circa 1930
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU71132095053
John Costigan
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints. He served in the infantry in World War I and supported himself during the Depression with magazine illustration. For about a year during World War II, to remain financially solvent, he worked the night shift as a machine operator in a defense plant while continuing to paint and etch by day. In the late 1960s, he enjoyed a revival of interest in his fine arts talents when more than 50 pieces were borrowed from museums and private collections to be toured nationally in a Smithsonian-sponsored Costigan retrospective.
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