Los Desastres de la Guerra: Two plates (Harris 201 & 202)
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Los Desastres de la Guerra: Two plates (Harris 201 & 202)
etching, aquatint, drypoint, burin and burnisher, 1870, on watermarked Arches laid paper, numbered 31/110 in pencil, with the Calcographía Nacional blindstamp, from the Second Edition, published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1959, the full sheets, pale staining in the margins, (H.202) sheet trimmed, otherwise in good condition, complete with the cream board folder, with scuffs and tears, otherwise in good condition
P. 175 x 220 mm., S. 275 x 380 mm. (and smaller)
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This edition was published in 1959 after the previously missing plates were recovered. Plate 81 and 82 were published in an edition of 110 to be presented to the Academicians of San Fernando.