Can't anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?) Plate 75 from: Los Caprichos

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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Can't anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?) Plate 75 from: Los Caprichos

Price Realised USD 5,625

Closed: 23 Oct 2020

Price Realised USD 5,625

Closed: 23 Oct 2020

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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Can't anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?)
Plate 75 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, framed
Plate: 8³⁄₈ x 5⁷⁄₈ in. (213 x 149 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 112; Harris 110

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Lot Essay

Prado manuscript:

'The Ayala and Biblioteca Nacional texts confirm that the subject of this print is, on the one hand, arranged marriages as an indication of the low moral standards of the times, and on the other, the antiquated attitude of the clergy which opposed divorce even under these circumstances. [Eleanor] Sayre notes that the large owl which overlooks this scene was not a symbol of wisdom in eighteenth century Spain but rather was a symbol of stupidity and other evils. Sayre also suggests that the owl's ‘old fashioned spectacles’ might stand for ‘outmoded custom, the weight of convention, or religious dogma that would not permit divorce.’

Johnson, R. S., , R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1992, p. 176.