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Bobalicón (Simpleton)
Dancing Giant; from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios plate 4)
Bobalicón (Simpleton)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1816–19; printed about 1848–54
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis and/or emery stone, tonal scratches, and burin; posthumous impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.1 x 35.3 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 39.7 cm (10 15/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 39.7 cm (10 15/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession Number37.258
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 251, II, 1; Delteil 0205; Gassier & Wilson 1576
DescriptionGray/black ink, clean-wiped, bevel.
Posthumous impression from small edition, printed about 1848-1854, with burnished aquatint, additional etching, lavis, burin, and tonal scratches, scratch at left from back of man to edge (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).
Posthumous impression from small edition, printed about 1848-1854, with burnished aquatint, additional etching, lavis, burin, and tonal scratches, scratch at left from back of man to edge (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 ledger no. (33687) in graphite
ProvenanceMarcel Guiot et Cie, Paris, from whom purchased by MFA ,(Acccession Date: March 4, 1937).