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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

Lot 28
23.10.2024 13:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 28 | FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Dibersión de España (Spanish Entertainment), from: The Bulls of Bordeaux
crayon lithograph with scraper
1825
on wove paper, without watermark
a brilliant, very lively proof impression of this important, early lithograph
one of the only five proofs before letters recorded by Harris
before the edition one hundred, printed by Gaulon, Bordeaux, 1825
printing with remarkable luminosity and intense contrasts
with wide margins
some pale stains and skilful repairs in the margins
generally in good condition
Image: 11 7/8 x 16 ¼ in. (301 x 412 mm.)
Sheet: 17 ¼ x 19 7/8 in. (431 x 504 mm.)




Provenance

Loys-Henri Delteil (1869-1927), Paris (Lugt 773); his sale, Catalogue des Estampes Modernes composant la Collection Loys Delteil. Artiste-Graveur Expert, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (exp. Le Garrec), 13-15 June 1928, lot 246 (the complete set; 'Très belles épreuves. Le N. 288 en Ier État. Rare') (Fr. 57,000) (cited in Lugt).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumbers C 28426, C 28141 and K 7331 in pencil recto - the second and third crossed out).
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), First curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Lugt 2087a); probably acquired from the above; then by descent to his nephew Myron; his anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 245 (cover-lot) ($ 341,000).
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired at the above sale (through Margo Pollins Schab, New York); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Delteil 288; Harris 285 (this impression cited in both)
Mark P. McDonald, Renaissance to Goya – Prints and Drawings from Spain, London, 2012, p. 268.
Mark P. McDonald, Goya's Graphic Imagination, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2021, n. 103, p. 286-7 (another impression illustrated).



Exhibited

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, The Changing Image: Prints by Francisco Goya, curated by E. A. Sayre and the Department of Prints and Drawings, 1974-1975, p. 310-311, n. 257.
Artist:Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828)
Applied technique:Lithography
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Genre art
Place of origin:Europe, Spain
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