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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos.)
The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters
El sueño de la razon produce monstruos. (The sleep [or "dream"] of reason produces monsters); Caprichos 43
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos.)
The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1798
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint with burnishing, faint drypoint to indicate letters, on laid paper (working proof)
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Burton S. Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Shapiro, and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession Number1973.716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 078, I, 2; Delteil 080: Gassier & Wilson 536
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before number and before additional etching of bats (H. 78, I, 2).
InscriptionsIn stop-out on desk : el sueño / de la razon / produce / monstruos.
Later inscriptions: u.l. in graphite: 43.
Later inscriptions: u.l. in graphite: 43.
Provenance? Ricardo de los Rios (b. 1846–d. 1929), Paris. ? 1930 Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), NY; Philip Hofer and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through Robert M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA.(Accession Date: June 12, 1974)