Lot 9
  • 9

Francisco Goya y Lucientes

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francisco de Goya
  • La Tauromaquia: Plates 7 and 17 (D. 230 and 241; H. 210 and 221)
  • each 242 by 351 mm 9 1/2 by 13 3/4 in
Two etchings with aquatint printed in dark brown, 1816, from the Fourth Edition printed in 1905, on laid paper with the MBM watermark, with margins, each with a diagonal crease through the sheet, pale light- and mat stain (2 prints)

Condition

The prints each have a diagonal crease through the sheets at right, which affects the surface in places. There is pale light- and time stain in the sheets, and pale remains of graphite (from previous matting).
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