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FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
El Sueño de la Razon Produce Montruos
.
Aquatint and etching on cream wove paper,
circa 1799. 215x150 mm; 8
1
/
2
x6 inches,
wide margins. Fifth edition, with the plate
bevelled. From
Los Caprichos
.A very good,
well-inked and dark impression with the
aquatint tones distinct and the title on the
side of the desk still legible. Delteil 80;
Harris 78.
[1,000/1,500]
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FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
Subir y Bajar
.
Aquatint and etching, circa 1799. 215x150
mm; 8
1
/
2
x6 inches, full margins. First edition.
From
Los Caprichos
. A superb,early impression,
with the highlights on the satyr’s right thigh
and the standing figure contrasted brilliantly
against the background and with the
burnishing on the standing figure’s hair
and the satyr’s chest distinct.
According to Goya’s commentary on this
subject, the title of which translates as “To
rise and to fall,” he wrote that, “Fortune
maltreats those who court her. Efforts to rise
she rewards with hot air and those who have
risen she punishes with downfall.” Delteil
93; Harris 91.
[2,500/3,500]
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