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Untitled; from the "Disparates" series, plate 18

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed Late 19th to early 20th century

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, and scratches (?); posthumous impression
Dimensions Platemark: 24 x 34.6 cm (9 7/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 37.3 cm (10 3/8 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1239
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 265; Delteil 0219
DescriptionBlack/gray ink, bevel.
Posthumous impression, printed late 19th-early 20th century.

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).
ProvenanceBritish Museum Duplicate (L. 302; 305); Colnaghi, London, from whom purchased, 7/1/1931