SAL record control number: 141039 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Clown [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : Clown [from collection database] ;

Work date: ca.1930s [from curator] ;

Work creator: John Edward Costigan (1888-1972) [RA 1917-1972] ;

Work medium: India ink and tempera on paper ;
Work dimensions: 16-3/4 x 13-1/4 inches [unframed] | ? x ? inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Signed: Lower left.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘Costigan’.

Verso: [none] ;

SAL category: Works on paper ;
SAL sub-category: Circus ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Occupation
Occupation ― Clown

Description of work:

Provenance:
After 1986 SCNY, gift of Wilmuth Holt, accession #2007.444 ;
After 1930s Private collection of Wilmuth Holt (1905-1986) ;
ca.1930s John Edward Costigan (1888-1972) [RA 1917-1972], the artist.

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Bump in the night : Halloween themed works from the collection October 17 – November 19 ;

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.444.

Notes:

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=141039

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.141039

Record birth date:
September 29, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 11:37 am