Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)

Lot 55 Details

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish

LOS CAPRICHOS, CA. 1855-1878 [D. 40-111; H. 38-109]

etching and burnished aquatint on wove paper, with full margins
18 etchings and burnished aquatints, mostly from the 2nd/3rd editions of 1878, edition of approximately 65 proofs; except for plate 46 from the 2nd edition of 1855, this 2nd edition is of a very small number; each print titled and numbered; published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid

Plate 3, Here comes the bogey-man, Que viene el Coco, 20 x 30 cm;

Plate 19, All will fall, Todos Caerán, 20 x 30 cm;

Plate 20, There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced), Ya van desplumados, 21 x 29 cm;

Plate 21, How they pluck her!, ¡Qual la descañonan!, 29.2 x 20.7 cm;

Plate 26, They've already got a seat, Ya tienen asiento, 20 x 30 cm;

Plate 34, Sleep overcomes them, Las rinde el Sueño, 20 x 30 cm;

Plate 42, Thou who canst not, Tu que no puedes, 21.5 x 32 cm;

Plate 44, They spin finely, Hilan delgado, 21.5 x 32 cm;

Plate 46, Correction, Correccion, marked 2nd edition, 21 x 31 cm;

Plate 50, The Chinchillas, Los Chinchillas, 24.5 x 33.5 cm;

Plate 53, What a golden beak!, Que pico de Oro!, 24.5 x 33.5 cm;

Plate 56, To rise and to fall, Subir y bajar, 24.5 x 33.5 cm;

Plate 58, Swallow it, dog, Tragala perro, 20 x 30 cm;

Plate 59, And still they don't go!, Y aun no se van!, 24.5 x 33.5 cm;

Plate 63, Look how solemn they are!, Miren que grabes!, 21 x 29.5 cm;

Plate 69, Blow, Sopla, 24.5 x 33.75 cm;

Plate 71, two plates, When day breaks we will be off, Si amanece; nos Vamos, 20 x 30 cm and 20.5 x 29 cm;

Plate 77, What one does to another, Unos á otros, 21 x 29 cm

Estimate $3,000-$4,000