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Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1816- 19; printed 1877
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint, sulfur tint (or lavis), emery stone, and tonal scratches and burin; posthumous impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.3 x 35.5 cm (9 9/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 29.6 x 43.6 cm (11 5/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.6 x 43.6 cm (11 5/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.200
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 269, III; Delteil 0223
DescriptionBlack ink, clean-wiped. Bevel(slight)
Posthumous impression, printed by Francois Liénard, in "L'Art", 1877 (H. III). With additional scratches and burin.
This plate and three others (H. 266 [a], 267 [b], and 268 [c]) became separated from the other "Disparates" and were never published in the early posthumous printing or the Academia printing of 1864 with the title "Los Proverbios". They were instead published for the first time, with some trial proofs in various inks and papers, by the printer Francois Liénard, in the French magazine, "L'Art" in 1877. The plates were never numbered or lettered, but invented titles were invented for the "L'Art" printing.
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the others, except "Modo de Volar" (no. 13).
Posthumous impression, printed by Francois Liénard, in "L'Art", 1877 (H. III). With additional scratches and burin.
This plate and three others (H. 266 [a], 267 [b], and 268 [c]) became separated from the other "Disparates" and were never published in the early posthumous printing or the Academia printing of 1864 with the title "Los Proverbios". They were instead published for the first time, with some trial proofs in various inks and papers, by the printer Francois Liénard, in the French magazine, "L'Art" in 1877. The plates were never numbered or lettered, but invented titles were invented for the "L'Art" printing.
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the others, except "Modo de Volar" (no. 13).
InscriptionsFor first edition of 1877, in burin, l.l., "Goya. inv. et sc." / "L'Art", b.c.
"LLUVIA DE TOROS. / (Pluie de Taureaux)" , l.r. "Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"; Outside pm. b.c. in graphite(hand of Lebowich) "1877 Tome 2 P. 6"
"LLUVIA DE TOROS. / (Pluie de Taureaux)" , l.r. "Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"; Outside pm. b.c. in graphite(hand of Lebowich) "1877 Tome 2 P. 6"
ProvenanceL. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; gift to MFA Feb. 9, 1950