Lot 775

F. d. Goya. Disperate de bestia (Otras Leyes por el Pueblo). 1877. Aquatint etching.

Estimate
€ 500
Starting Price
€ 330
Lot: 775
Category: Prints
Artist: FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES
FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES

Otras Leyes por el Pueblo [Quien se pondrá el cascabel al gato? / Disperate de bestia]

"Andere Gesetze für das Volk [Wer wird der Katze die Glocke umhängen? / Tierische Torheit]". One of four supplementary prints for ‘Los Proverbios’ published in 1877 by F. Liénard for L'Art. Aquatint etching on laid paper. Sheet size 30 x 42,7 cm; plate 24,5 x 35,0 cm. Harris 268, III (v. III).

(Slightly browned. Numerous small tears in the paper, particularly around the elephant’s head and trunk. A tear in the right-hand margin has been repaired with adhesive. An unidentified collection stamp in the bottom left-hand corner. Old traces of adhesive or mounting on both sides along the top margin.)