Current Inventory by Francisco Goya

Until Death (Hasta la Muerte)

Artist: Francisco Goya

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), 1799, etching, burnished aquatiint and drypoint. Reference: Harris 90, First Edition, plate 55 from the Caprichos. Printed on fine quality strong laid paper. In very good condition, the full sheet, 8 3/4 x 6 1/8, the sheet 12 1/8 x 7 15/16 inches. A brilliant early impression of this iconic image, from the First Edition. The aquatint, dark in two tones, here contrasts well with the highlights on the maid, the old woman, the dressing table and the mirror. Consistent with the earliest impressions, there is a slight touch of drypoint burr on the […]

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No se puede saber por qu One cant tell why

Artist: Francisco Goya
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  Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746 Fuendetodos Bordeaux 1828),No se puede saber por que One cant tell why ca. 18081814, etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin on laid paper; 155 x 203 mm (6 1/8 x 8 inches), Harris 155.I.2 (of III.7) provenance Infante Don Sebastian de Borbn y Braganza Georges Provot, Paris; his sale, Hotel Drouot, April 10, 1935, lot 64 Tomas Harris, London (Lugt 4921) private collection, Germany A fine, rich proof impression for plate 35 ofLos Desastres de la Guerre, before numbers, letters, and before additional drypoint and burin work. No impression of state I.1 […]

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Disparate Pobre (Two Heads are Better Than One) – Proof

Artist: Francisco Goya

    Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), etching, with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, c. 1812; plate 11 from  Los Proverbios. References: Delteil 212, Harris 258. In very good condition, 240 x 352 mm., 9 7/16 x 13 7/8 inches, the sheet 280 x 380 mm., 11 x 15 1/8 inches. A very fine, rare, proof impression, before the edition of c. 1854-1863, printed on cream wove paper. In this proof impression the delineation of the aquatint is clearer and more vivid than in the published edition, and figures are shown in greater detail, allowing a fuller appreciation of […]

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An Introduction to Goya’s Aquatint sets

Artist: Francisco Goya
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    I get many questions about Goya prints, so thought it might be useful to sketch an overview of some of his most famous and common prints: the aquatint sets. Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was of course one of the greatest of Western artists, and printmaking was central to his career. He created four major series of prints, and many other prints including a series of lithographs late in his career. Due to the way most of his prints were created and published, there is much confusion today about their dating, their rarity, their appearance and their value. In this guide […]

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