Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Fiero Monstruo! (Fierce Monster!) (Delteil 200; Harris 201)
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux
Fiero Monstruo! (Fierce Monster!) (Delteil 200; Harris 201)
etching, drypoint and engraving, circa 1812-20, a very fine, atmospheric impression, probably a posthumous trial proof, printed either by Lefort prior to 1870 or in the Calcografía after they acquired the plate from Lefort that year, on laid paper with a Bunch of Grapes watermark
plate: 6 ⅞ by 8 ⅝ in. 17.6 by 22 cm
sheet: 7 ⅞ by 9 ½ in. 20 by 24.1 cm
Kornfeld, Bern, 18-21 June 1980, lot 495;
“Francisco José De Goya y Lucientes: Graphic Masterpieces from a Private Collection”, Christie’s, New York, 28 January 2014, lot 18;
Where acquired by the present collector.
L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré: Goya, Paris 1922, cat. no. 200, another impression illustrated;
T. Harris, Goya: Engravings and Lithographs, Oxford 1964, cat. no. 201, another impression illustrated.
This work, along with lot 348 in the Act III auction, is one of three additional plates that were prepared for Los Desastres de la Guerra but never published with the series.
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