It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada està) Plate 17 from: Los Caprichos

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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada està) Plate 17 from: Los Caprichos

Price Realised USD 5,000

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada està)
Plate 17 from: Los Caprichos
etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, the highlights still bright, the background dark and even with little sign of wear, framed
Plate: 8¹⁄₂ x 6 in. (216 x 152 mm.)
Sheet: 11³⁄₄ x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)

Presumably Manuel Fernández Durán y Pando, Marqués de Perales del Río (1818-1886), Madrid.
Don Pedro Fernández-Durán (1846-1930), Madrid; with his stamp (Lugt 747b); presumably by descent from the above.
Don Tomas de la Maza y Saavedra (1896-1975); gift from the above.
With Herman Shickman Fine Arts, New York.
With Stuart Denenberg, Los Angeles.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.

Delteil 54; Harris 52

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Lot Essay

‘There is a drawing-study for this print in Goya's Sanlúcar-A Album. In the print, Goya adds in the background the procuress whose wrinkled face and beady eyes look over every detail of the young lady's preparations. As is often the case, the Ayala [commentary] is even more explicit (than the Prado): ‘There could be nothing worse than a prostitute. Aunt Curra knows very well the profit that can be obtained through well-stretched stockings.’ 1

‘The most erotic plate of the series, the title has a punning meaning. It alludes to the fact that the woman, as a prostitute, has engaged in sexual activity to the degree that her vagina has been 'well stretched'. 2

1. Johnson, R. S., Francisco Goya, Los Caprichos, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1992, p. 60.
2. Johnson, R.F: explanatory text for a travelling exhibition of this set.