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Disparate conocido (Well-known Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed 1877
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint; posthumous impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.4 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 40.6 cm (10 15/16 x 16 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 40.6 cm (10 15/16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Walter Rowlands
Accession NumberM9710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 248, III; Delteil 0202
DescriptionBlack ink, bevel(slight)
Posthumous impression, printed by Francois Liénard, in "L'Art", 1877 (H. III).
This plate and three others (H. 267 [b], 268 [c], and 269 [d]) 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". The were instead published for the first time, with some trial proofs in various inks and papers, by the printed Francois Liénard, in the French magazine "L'Art" in 1877. The plates were never numbered or lettered, but titles were invented for "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).
This plate and three others (H. 267 [b], 268 [c], and 269 [d]) 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". The were instead published for the first time, with some trial proofs in various inks and papers, by the printed Francois Liénard, in the French magazine "L'Art" in 1877. The plates were never numbered or lettered, but titles were invented for "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, 1.1, "Goya inv. et sc."/ "L'Art", b.c. "IQUE GUERRERO!/ (Quel guerrier)", l.r. Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"
ProvenanceWalter Rowlands, Union Square, Allston, Massachusetts; gift to MFA April 23, 1894