The Bathers
1932 (published 1937)
Artist, American, 1888 - 1972
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
2015.19.1146
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Catalogue Raisonné
Costigan 2000, p. 33
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
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
Markings
stamped right center verso in black ink: F.B.B. (circled)
Watermarks
FRANCE
Wikidata ID
Q77011321