Lot Essay
This and the following lot are part of a group of three plates prepared for Los Desastres de la Guerra, but never published with the eighty plates.
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Esto es lo Verdadero (This is the truth) (D. 201; H. 202)
Details
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Esto es lo Verdadero (This is the truth) (D. 201; H. 202)
etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving, circa 1812-20, on laid paper with an indistinct watermark, probably a posthumous trial proof (Harris IIi) printed either by Lefort in Paris prior to 1870 or in the Calcografía after they acquired the plate from Lefort that year, with narrow margins, a tiny rust-spot in the center of the sheet on the reverse just showing through, time staining at the sheet edges, generally in good condition
P. 6 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (175 x 220 mm.), S. 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (200 x 245 mm.)
Esto es lo Verdadero (This is the truth) (D. 201; H. 202)
etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving, circa 1812-20, on laid paper with an indistinct watermark, probably a posthumous trial proof (Harris IIi) printed either by Lefort in Paris prior to 1870 or in the Calcografía after they acquired the plate from Lefort that year, with narrow margins, a tiny rust-spot in the center of the sheet on the reverse just showing through, time staining at the sheet edges, generally in good condition
P. 6 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (175 x 220 mm.), S. 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (200 x 245 mm.)
Provenance
Kornfeld, Bern, 18-21 June, 1980, lot 495 (with lot 18, H. 201)