Lot 30
Lot 30
FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?) Plate 30 from: Los Caprichos

Price Realised USD 3,500
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USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
Closed: 23 Oct 2020
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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?) Plate 30 from: Los Caprichos

Price Realised USD 3,500
Closed: 23 Oct 2020
Price Realised USD 3,500
Closed: 23 Oct 2020
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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)
Plate 30 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 subtle veils of aquatint tone on the two main figures, which disappears long before the Second Edition, still present, framed
Plate: 8 x 578 in. (203 x 149 mm.)
Sheet: 1134 x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)
Provenance
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.
Literature
Delteil 67; Harris 65
Brought to you by
Richard Lloyd
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