Lot Essay
El Agarratado was Goya's first significant engraved work.
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El Agarratado (Delteil, Harris 21)
Details
FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
El Agarratado (Delteil, Harris 21)
etching, circa 1778-80, on wove paper, from the Second Edition published in 1830, trimmed on the platemark at the upper and lower edges, with margins at the right and left, with the reworked area in the subject's hair, minor surface soiling, two small thinned areas at the reverse of the upper sheet edge, otherwise in good condition; and Un Enano (D. 18; H. 15)--etching, 1778, on heavy laid paper, a working proof with artists' names in drypoint and the legend in ink, with margins, light-staining, a few pale foxmarks, a tiny hole in the left margin, minor skinning at the reverse of the corners, otherwise in good condition; and Tan Bárbara la Seguridad Como el Delito (D. 31; H. 26)--etching, circa 1815, on laid paper, First Edition, published by the Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1867, a fine impression, with wide margins, a small, pale stain in the right margin, otherwise in good condition (3)
El Agarratado (Delteil, Harris 21)
etching, circa 1778-80, on wove paper, from the Second Edition published in 1830, trimmed on the platemark at the upper and lower edges, with margins at the right and left, with the reworked area in the subject's hair, minor surface soiling, two small thinned areas at the reverse of the upper sheet edge, otherwise in good condition; and Un Enano (D. 18; H. 15)--etching, 1778, on heavy laid paper, a working proof with artists' names in drypoint and the legend in ink, with margins, light-staining, a few pale foxmarks, a tiny hole in the left margin, minor skinning at the reverse of the corners, otherwise in good condition; and Tan Bárbara la Seguridad Como el Delito (D. 31; H. 26)--etching, circa 1815, on laid paper, First Edition, published by the Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1867, a fine impression, with wide margins, a small, pale stain in the right margin, otherwise in good condition (3)
Provenance
Un Enano: Dr. G. Eissler (L. 805b).