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Indecisiveness
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Indecision; from the "Disparates" series, plate 16
Indecisiveness
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.5 x 35 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 33.5 x 49.7 cm (13 3/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 33.5 x 49.7 cm (13 3/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.224p
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 263, III, 1; Delteil 0217
DescriptionDk. brown ink, plate tone, Bevel.
From first posthumous edition, before number (H. III, 1).
Posthumous first edition published 1864 (Madrid, Real Academia de San Fernando). Title page and 18 prints of etching and aquatint, plates bevelled, before the number, and bound in green leather with gold letters, 34.8 x 50.7 cm. Cover inscribed in gold: LOS PROVERBIOS / DON FRANCISCO GOYA. Sheets are moderately textured, medium to moderately heavy, cream wove paper, many with the watermark J.G.O. and/or half-palmette.
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 rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
From first posthumous edition, before number (H. III, 1).
Posthumous first edition published 1864 (Madrid, Real Academia de San Fernando). Title page and 18 prints of etching and aquatint, plates bevelled, before the number, and bound in green leather with gold letters, 34.8 x 50.7 cm. Cover inscribed in gold: LOS PROVERBIOS / DON FRANCISCO GOYA. Sheets are moderately textured, medium to moderately heavy, cream wove paper, many with the watermark J.G.O. and/or half-palmette.
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 rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
ProvenanceWilliam Bell Scott (no stamp)(1811-1890), England ; W.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), Boston; bequest to MFA April 1974