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Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848–54
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint, emery stone, and tonal scratches; posthumous impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.4 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 27.2 x 37.7 cm (10 11/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.2 x 37.7 cm (10 11/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number65.404
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 260, II, 1; Delteil 214; Gassier & Wilson 1591
DescriptionBlack ink bevel
GW: 1591. Posthumous impression, printed about 1848-1854 (H. II, 1 as "Trial Proof").
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
GW: 1591. Posthumous impression, printed about 1848-1854 (H. II, 1 as "Trial Proof").
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282) with acc. no. in graphite
ProvenanceHenri M. Petiet (b. 1894 - d.1980), Paris; 1965, sold by Henri M. Petiet to the MFA for $1,000. (Accession Date: March 10, 1965).