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Disparate de Bestia (Animal 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, burnished aquatint, and tonal scratches; posthumous impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.2 x 35.2 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30 x 42.8 cm (11 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30 x 42.8 cm (11 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 268, III; Delteil 0222
DescriptionBlack ink, slight plate tone. Bevel(slight)
Posthumous impression, printed by Francois Liénard, in "L'Art", 1877 (H. III).
This plate and three others (H. 266 [a], 267 [b], 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". 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 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. 266 [a], 267 [b], 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". 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 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.
"OTRA LEYES POR EL PUEBLO / (Autre lois pour le peuple)", l.r. "Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"
"OTRA LEYES POR EL PUEBLO / (Autre lois pour le peuple)", l.r. "Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955, Boston)