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The Bathers, 1932 (published 1937)

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Medium

etching in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.7 × 30 cm (8 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

sheet: 32.39 × 37.94 cm (12 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

Catalogue Raisonné

Costigan 2000, p. 33

Accession Number

2015.19.1146

Artists / Makers

John E. Costigan (artist) American, 1888 - 1972

Associated American Artists (publisher)

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Inscription

lower left in plate: J. E. COSTIGAN; lower left in graphite: The Bathers; lower right in graphite: J. E. Costigan N.A.; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 463

Marks and Labels

stamped right center verso in black ink: F.B.B. (circled)

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bristow, Frank B.
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Bibliography

2000: Costigan, Daniel M., and David Butler. The Graphic Works of John Edward Costigan (1888-1972). Terre Haute, IN: Swope Art Museum, 2000, p. 33.

2016: Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 24, no. 135.

The Bathers, 1932 (published 1937)

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