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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes — Los Desastres de la Guerra (D. 120-199; H. 121-200)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Los Desastres de la Guerra (D. 120-199; H. 121-200)

Francisco Goya's complete series of 80 etchings depicting the horrors of war, created between 1810-20. These impressions from the first edition (1863) represent powerful social commentary and technical printmaking mastery.

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The complete set, comprising 80 etchings with aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1810-20, very good impressions from the first edition Ib, published by the Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1863, on wove paper, numerous sheets with the Palmette and J.G.O. watermarks, accompanied by the title page of the second edition, lacking the first edition title page and biographical essay, contained loose in a leather folio with gilt lettering

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Old Master Prints

June 30, 2021

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

Lot 120

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Los Desastres de la Guerra (D. 120-199; H. 121-200)

Francisco Goya's complete series of 80 etchings depicting the horrors of war, created between 1810-20. These impressions from the first edition (1863) represent powerful social commentary and technical printmaking mastery.

Medium
The complete set, comprising 80 etchings with aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1810-20, very good impressions from the first edition Ib, published by the Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1863, on wove paper, numerous sheets with the Palmette and J.G.O. watermarks, accompanied by the title page of the second edition, lacking the first edition title page and biographical essay, contained loose in a leather folio with gilt lettering
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Los Desastres De La Guerra, 19th Century, Complete Series, Etching, Social Commentary, War, Francisco Goya, Spanish, Aquatint

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Art Institute of Chicago