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Dibersion de España. (Spanish Entertainment); from the so-called "Bulls of Bordeaux" series of four lithographs
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Cyprien Charles Marie Nicholas Gaulon (French (Bordeaux), 1777–1858)
Printer: Cyprien Charles Marie Nicholas Gaulon (French (Bordeaux), 1777–1858)
1825
Medium/Technique
Crayon lithograph and scraper, on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.3 x 41.6 cm (11 15.16 x 16 3/8 in.)
Image with letters: 32.2 x 41.6 cm (12 11/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 45.5 x 56.9 cm (17 15/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
Image with letters: 32.2 x 41.6 cm (12 11/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 45.5 x 56.9 cm (17 15/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number21.10657
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 285, II; Delteil 288; Gasssier & Wilson 1709
DescriptionPrinted by Gaulon, Bordeaux. These four bullfighting images [21.10657, 21.10658, 21.10656, 21.10655] are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux"
Printed by Gaulon, Bordeaux, November 17, 29, and December 23, 1825. These four bullfighting images [21.10656, 21.10657, 21.10658, 21.10655] are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux"
Edition size: 100
In addition to twelve experimental lithographs of smaller format, printed in very small numbers, produced from 1819 on, Goya produced at the end of his life, while in exile in Bordeaux, this set of four large scale lithographs. These four bullfighting images are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux."
Printed by Gaulon, Bordeaux, November 17, 29, and December 23, 1825. These four bullfighting images [21.10656, 21.10657, 21.10658, 21.10655] are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux"
Edition size: 100
In addition to twelve experimental lithographs of smaller format, printed in very small numbers, produced from 1819 on, Goya produced at the end of his life, while in exile in Bordeaux, this set of four large scale lithographs. These four bullfighting images are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux."
Signed
Signed In stone, l.l. within image: Goya
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282), with accession number in graphite
InscriptionsIn stone, within image, l.l.: Goya; in margin, l.l.: "Déposé; b.c.: Dibersion de España; l.r.: Lith. de Gaulon
ProvenanceEdmond Sagot (b. 1857- d. 1917), Paris; Maurice Le Garrec (son of Sagot), Paris; 1921, purchased by MFA (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)