Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 43:
Description
Costigan, John (1888-1972) lithograph, Mother and Child with Goats, signed in plate, no visible pencil signature, good condition, not examined out of frame, image size: 12 x 15 inches. 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. Costigan was a member of the Prairie Print Makers.
Condition: good conition, not examined out of frame
Dimensions: 19.25 x 25.5 x 1 in
Weight: 4.05 lb
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