On View
Not on viewObject number1977/8.46
When Day is Done
Artist
John Edward Costigan
(American, 1888-1972)
Date1934
Mediumetching
Dimensionsimage: 8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (21.3 × 32.4 cm)
sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 in. (29.5 × 38.1 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 in. (29.5 × 38.1 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Cornelia Robinson
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).
"The American Experience: Prints and Drawings, 1900-1946," KIA Long Gallery (2002).
Label TextVirtually self-taught, John Costigan was not influenced by the various styles and experiments of 20th century art. He remained consistently occupied with a few specific subjects: his farm and the landscape around his New York home, farm animals and his growing family. His attention to the mundane activities associated with farm life earned him the label of “the Millet of American painting.” The heavy peasant forms and faithful description of fatiguing farm labor in Costigan’s prints seem very reminiscent of the French master.
