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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Four additional Plates, from: Los Proverbios
the set of four etchings with burnished aquatint and drypoint
circa 1816-24
on tissue-thin laid Japan paper, without watermark
fine trial proofs before letters
printed posthumously but before the edition published in L'Art, Paris, 1877
with margins, probably the full sheets
pale mount staining
generally in very good condition;
together with Volumes I and II of L'Art, published by A. Ballue, Paris, 1877
the four additional plates removed but containing a quantity of other prints
within red cloth-covered boards, with the title in gilt on the front and spine
generally in good condition
Plates 24,7 x 36 cm. (934 x 1414 in.) (and similar)
Sheets 28 x 38,7 cm. (11 x 1514 in.) (and similar)
Overall 42 X 31 X 3 cm. (1612 x 12 x 112 in.) (each book)
Provenance
Hotel & Pension Rigi First, Rigi Kaltbad, Switzerland (not in Lugt). (L'Art, vol. I & II only)
Literature
L. Delteil, Le peintre graveur illustré - Francisco Goya, Paris, 1922, nos. 220-223 (other impressions ill.).
T. Harris, Goya - Engravings and Lithographs - Catalogue raisonné, Oxford, 1964, nos. 266-269, pp. 402-407 (other impressions ill.).
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