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FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
Mala Noche
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Aquatint and etching on cream laid paper, circa 1799. 217x150 mm; 8
1
/
2
x6 inches, wide
(full ?) margins. First edition. From
Los Caprichos
.A brilliant, richly-inked impression with
the aquatint tones distinct and the burnished highlights on the figures contrasting sharply
with the dark background, and with crisp, partially inky plate edges, consistent with the
earliest impressions of this subject. Delteil 73; Harris 71.
[3,000/5,000]
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