SAL record control number: 134678 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: At the big tree  [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : At the big tree  [from collection database] ;

Work date: ca.1953  [based on similar award winning oil painting by the artist] ;

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

Work medium: Ink on paper ; etching ;
Work dimensions: 12 x 16 inches [unframed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘J C Costigan, N.A.’.

Verso: [none] ;

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

Archives of American Art subjects:
Animal
Animal — Cow
Animal — Deer
Animal — Horse
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Figure
Figure group
Landscape
Landscape — Forest
Occupation
Occupation — Other
Occupation — Other — Peasant

Description of work:

Provenance:
ca.1986 SCNY, gift of Wilmuth Holt (1905-1986), accession #2007.447 ;
ca.1960s Private collection of Wilmuth Holt (1905-1986), New York, NY ;
ca.1953 John Edward Costigan (1888-1972) [RA 1917-1972], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Dark and light : depression era works September 1 – December 31.

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.447 ;
– Wilmuth Holt (1905-1986) collection, accession #36.

Notes:
– Possibly related to Big tree (accession #2006.15), a thumb box in oil on canvas.

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=134678

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.134678

Record birth date:
August 31, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 12:48 pm