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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Art | Australian, Aboriginal & International
• Sale Date:
  19 Sep 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6062
• Lot Description:
  Francisco José de Goya Y Lucientes
  (Spain, 1746-1828)
  Se Repulen 1793-1799, Plate no. 51 from Los Caprichos c.1855
  Etching/aquatint ed Second edition c.1855
  21 x 15 cm Frame: 48 x 32.5 cm
  Titled lower margin
  Condition: Good, clean impression, slight staining in margins,later frame
• Exhibited:
  A copy of Los Caprichos is held in the NGV.
• References:
  Gassier-Wilson, 453; Delteil 88; Harris 86 III
• Notes:
  One of eighty etchings which were published by Goya in book form in 1799. Goya made a public statement on the publication of the work in 1799: "in none of the compositions that form this collection has the author proposed to ridicule the particular faults of one or another individual . . .Painting (like poetry) selects from the universal that which it judges most fitting to its ends; unites in a single fantastic person, circumstances and characters which nature presents distributed among many; and from this ingeniously arranged combination results that fortunate imitation through which a good craftsman acquires the title of inventor and not that of servile copyist." The Caprichos have universal significance & because of the Inquisition and the political situation in Spain, Goya had to disguise the true meanings of many of his prints. Therefore, his public statement and many of his hand-written comments contained in a manuscript now in the Prado Museum purposely conceal specific attacks and personal references. In fact, even the written titles for Los Caprichos are often ironically ambiguous.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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