FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Fiero monstruo! (Fierce Monster!)

Details

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Fiero monstruo! (Fierce Monster!)
etching with drypoint and engraving, circa 1812-20, on wove paper, without watermark, a strong, tonal impression, probably a proof aside from the two posthumous editions of 1958-59, printed at the Calcografía Nacional, Madrid, with wide margins, probably the full sheet, the paper toned, time staining at the sheet edges
Plate 175 x 217 mm., Sheet 277 x 373 mm.

Literature

Delteil 200; Harris 201

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Lot Essay

The First Edition of this plate was printed in small numbers for the Academicians of San Fernando in 1958-59. The Second Edition was limited to 110 impressions and was printed for public distribution in 1959. Harris does not record any editions or proof impressions on wove paper, such as the present one. As an un-described proof, it does however share some characteristics of the Second Edition as described by Harris, with the plate not cleanly wiped but printed with a plate tone, and the sharp plate edges cutting into the paper.

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