Lot 22
  • 22

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francisco de Goya
  • No hay que dar voces ('It's no use crying out') (Delteil 177; Harris 178)
  • Etching and aquatint
  • plate: 155 by 206mm 6 1/8 by 8 1/8 in
  • sheet: 222 by 318mm 8¾ by 10 3/8 in
Etching, aquatint, engraving and drypoint, circa 1810, from Los Desastres de la Guerra, a rare working proof before letters (Harris records only ten working proofs), with the number 34, a fine impression, on laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; British Rail Pension Fund, Sotheby's London, 29 June 1987 (lot 97) (£21,000); Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt; acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from thin areas at three corners (with associated creases), upper right corner with a tiny repaired tear, thin areas at lower corners reinforced, a couple of minute repaired tears at the upper and lower sheet edges, a few pale fox marks, slight surface dirt at the sheet edges, framed.
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