John Costigan (New York, Rhode Island, 1888 - 1972) "Bathers" Etching. Pencil signed and titled in lower margin. Image size: 9 x 12 inches. Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints.