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Old Man on a Swing
Le Vieux se Balançant
from the "Late Caprichos"
Warlock on a Swing among Demons
Old Man on a Swing
Le Vieux se Balançant
from the "Late Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Ture Bengtz (American (born Finland), 1907–1973)
Printer: Ture Bengtz (American (born Finland), 1907–1973)
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed 1954
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint; posthumous impression; warm black ink, plate tone
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.3 x 13.4 cm (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number54.915
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 032, IV; Delteil 025
DescriptionPosthumous impression, post Lumley, (H. 32, IV, 1-2).
Printed by Ture Bengtz, Boston, 1954.
Printed from the copper plate in MFA (1970.608)
Printed by Ture Bengtz, Boston, 1954.
Printed from the copper plate in MFA (1970.608)
Marks
No watermark
InscriptionsVerso; in blue ink,hand of E. Sayre: This impression pulled on /old paper by Ture / Bengtz, Boston, 1954
ProvenancePhilip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); gift July 8, 1954