4 plate copper etching on printed in an edition of 15 kitakata paper. Signed and numbered by the artist, Heather Muise This print measures approximately 15 x 20 inches. This is a limited edition etching, printed by hand not a digital reproduction or giclee print. Ida B. Wells is an American icon who spent her life fighting injustices against African Americans and for the rights of women. She was a founding member of the NAACP, instrumental in the fight for women's voting rights, a dedicated educator and journalist.

Plate size: 7.9 X 11.8 inches. Signed "J. E. Costigan N.A. S.A.E." in pencil, printed in black ink on cream wove paper watermarked "RIVES", 1.5 - 2.0 inch margins. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1938, edition 250. Fine condition overall, hinge tape adhisive remnants, top margin front. Free shipping to US address. (162001 bx-38) Note: John Edward Costigan NA (1888–1972) was an American artist. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan was mainly self-taught. He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject. He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, humble yet dignified and contented. His most famous mediums are oil and watercolor painting as well as etchings and lithographs. The firm that he had worked for closed during the depression and in 1920’s he decided to buy a farm in Orangeburg, New York to paint. His subjects were his wife and his child. In 1928, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Costigan was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and were instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts after he and his four sisters became orphaned. John Edward married sculptor Ida Blessin. Together they had five children. (source: wikipedia.org)

Plate size: 8.3 X 12.8 inches. Signed in pencil and annotated with title and "N.A. S.A.E.", printed in black ink on stiff, fine-grained cream wove Rives paper. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1934, edition 200. Fine condition overall, hinge tape remnants, top margin front, very faint mat window oxidation from prior framing. Free shipping to US address. Note: This print was the winner of the Mary F. Shaw Memorial Prize, 1934. Note: John Edward Costigan NA (1888–1972) was an American artist. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan was mainly self-taught. He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject. He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, humble yet dignified and contented. His most famous mediums are oil and watercolor painting as well as etchings and lithographs. The firm that he had worked for closed during the depression and in 1920’s he decided to buy a farm in Orangeburg, New York to paint. His subjects were his wife and his child. In 1928, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Costigan was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and were instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts after he and his four sisters became orphaned. John Edward married sculptor Ida Blessin. Together they had five children. (source: wikipedia.org)

Plate size: 9.7 X 12.8 inches. Signed in pencil and annotated with title, printed in black ink on fine-grained, cream wove Arches paper. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1933, edition 200. Fine condition overall, hinge tape remnants, top margin front and back, very faint mat window oxidation from prior framing. Free shipping to US address. Note: John Edward Costigan NA (1888–1972) was an American artist. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan was mainly self-taught. He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject. He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, humble yet dignified and contented. His most famous mediums are oil and watercolor painting as well as etchings and lithographs. The firm that he had worked for closed during the depression and in 1920’s he decided to buy a farm in Orangeburg, New York to paint. His subjects were his wife and his child. In 1928, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Costigan was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and were instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts after he and his four sisters became orphaned. John Edward married sculptor Ida Blessin. Together they had five children. (source: wikipedia.org)

Plate size: 8.2 X 2.9 inches. Signed "J. E. Costigan N. A." in pencil and annotated with title, printed on stiff, fine-grained, cream wove paper, 1.7 - 3.0 inch margins. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1938, edition 250. Mint condition. Free shipping to US address. Note: This print was named Best Print at the National Arts Club exhibition, December 1938, and awarded the Mrs. Henry F. Noyes Memorial Prize of the Society of American Etchers. Note: John Edward Costigan NA (1888–1972) was an American artist. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan was mainly self-taught. He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject. He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, humble yet dignified and contented. His most famous mediums are oil and watercolor painting as well as etchings and lithographs. The firm that he had worked for closed during the depression and in 1920’s he decided to buy a farm in Orangeburg, New York to paint. His subjects were his wife and his child. In 1928, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Costigan was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and were instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts after he and his four sisters became orphaned. John Edward married sculptor Ida Blessin. Together they had five children. (source: wikipedia.org)