On the Farm
1933
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etching and drypoint in black on wove paper
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.2819
Art Historical Context
John E. Costigan's *On the Farm* (1933) captures the rhythms of rural American life through the intimate medium of etching and dry on wove paper. Costigan, an acclaimed early 20th-century print and painter, was renowned for his depictions of everyday scenes in the countryside, often evoking nostalgia for a simpler era. This work, housed in the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection, reflects the artist's affiliation with the American Scene movement, which celebrated regional subjects amid the urbanizing pressures of the time. Created during the height of the Great Depression, the print of...