Costigan john e (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. None. First Edition. A selection of one hundred quality etchings and lithographs by the foremost then living American artists, each print on a full quarto page of laid paper with historical description on the back, bound in Optak wire binding so that they can be removed for framing and replaced as desired. Tall 4to, quarter black cloth over green boards with ivory title label, unpaginated but with over 200 pages. A very well preserved copy, clean and unmarked.…

Paper. Condición: Good. ExCat. 36 pp, 2 pp text, 28 illustrations, 15 color, 13 b/w, 1 p foreword, lists 47 works, 1 p. chronology, limited to 5000 copies, scarce - private gallery rubber stamp on title page.

Condición: Near fine. Image: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8". Paper: 11 1/4 x 16 1/2. Original etching and drypoint. Signed in pencil. Limited edition. (N.A. but 250) Signed by Costigan. Rich, clear image. Hinged at top corners. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." "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."-askart.…