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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Así sucedió. ('This is how it happened.'), plate 47 from: Los Desastres de la Guerra
etching with drypoint, engraving and lavis
circa 1810-20
on laid paper, without watermark
a a very rare, fine and early working proof (Harris I.3)
with the earlier number 33 in the plate, before the additional drypoint and before all edition
(Harris recorded only five such proofs; and one of an earlier state, before the plate number)
with margins and a sharp platemark
a few pale stains and foxmarks
generally in very good condition
Plate 15,4 x 20,4 cm. (6116 x 8 in.)
Sheet 19,2 x 25,4 cm. (7916 x 10 in.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2003, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
L. Delteil, Le peintre graveur illustré - Francisco Goya, Paris, 1922, no. 166 (another impression ill.).
T. Harris, Goya - Engravings and Lithographs - Catalogue raisonné, Oxford, 1964, no. 167, p. 245 (another impression ill.).
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