Collection of 10 etchings on laid paper ‘Joseph Guarro’ (4 with watermark)
Spain, 1810-20, 5th edition from 1923
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) – Spanish painter and graphic artist
Each titled in the plate lower center and with the plate number upper left
From the series ‘Los Desastres de la guerra’
Catalogue raisonné; Harris 136, 141, 149, 165, 178, 190, 192, 193, 194 and 197
Plate dimensions: from c. 14.7 x 21.3 cm to c. 16.1 x 23 cm; sheet dimensions: each c. 24.6 x 33.8 cm

Under the Impression of the Spanish guerrilla war against Napoleon Francisco de Goya created from 1810 to 1820 the eighty etchings that constitute the well-known series ‘Los Desastres de la guerra’ (The Disasters of War). Without taking sides, he describes relentlessly and forcefully the atrocities and crimes against humanity, which are generated by war. The series was first published in 1863, followed by 6 further editions until 1937.

Enclosed are the following plates:

(16.) Se aprovechan

(21.) Será lo mismo

(29.) Lo merecia

(45.) Y esto tambien

(58.) No hay que dar voces

(70.) No saben el camino

(72.) Las resultas

(73.) Gatesca pantomima

(74.) Esto es lo peor

(77.) Que se rompe la cuerda

Condition:

2 of the 10 etchings show each a tear (up to 1.3 cm). Overall there are scattered insignificant nicks, soft creases and tiny foxmarks. The overall condition is age-appropriate good. The plates measure from c. 14.7 x 21.3 cm to c. 16.1 x 23 cm, the sheet dimensions are c. 24.6 x 33.8 cm.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was an Aragonese Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. He has been regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso. (fea)

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