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Provenance

Private collection, Germany (‘Hoeller’) Their sale ( Le Livre Illustré et la Gravure dans la 2e moitié du XIXe siècle – Collection d’un amateur Allemand (Hoeller) ), Amsterdam, R.W.P. de Vries, 20–21 March 1928, lot 413 Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (this stamp not reproduced by Lugt; see L. 1181a and 1181b), on the end paper at the front of the book With Antiquariaat Meyer Elte, N.V., The Hague, 1958 Richard H. Zinser (L. 5581), his stamp on the end paper at the back of the book With Nicholas Stogdon, Oxfordshire, 1987 With David Tunick, New York From whom acquired by the present owner, 1987

Exhibited

London, Artemis Fine Arts Ltd., Francisco de Goya / Los Caprichos / Twenty Proofs and a New Census, 3-19 December 1987, no. 21.

Literature

A. Eeles, N. Stogdon, and J. Wilson Bareau, Francisco de Goya / Los Caprichos / Twenty Proofs and a New Census , London and New York 1987, no. 21 (this early set cited and reproduced).

Catalog summary

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes 1746 – 1828 Los Caprichos (Delteil 38-117; Harris 26-115) the complete set, comprising eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving on laid paper 1797-98 a very fine, early first edition set before the scratch on plate 45, printed in warm sepia and brown ink of different shades, some in greyish brown, displaying striking contrasts and luminous highlights, the very delicate half-tones printing to full effect as is indicative of the earliest examples, the aquatint rich and even, several plates with touches of burr, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, disbound, each sheet mounted and framed, accompanied by the contemporary Spanish mottled calf binding with F.G. stamped on the cover and black borders around the edges, the title and artist’s name in gilt letters on red morocco label on the spine, with marbled end papers each sheet (approx.): 307 by 195 mm. 12⅛ by 7⅝ in. binding (overall): 315 by 210 by 20 mm. 12⅜ by 8¼ by ¾ in. (80 prints) We are grateful to Pim Kievit for his assistance with the cataloguing of this set. Provenance Private collection, Germany (‘Hoeller’) Their sale ( Le Livre Illustré et la Gravure dans la 2e moitié du XIXe siècle – Collection d’un amateur Allemand (Hoeller) ), Amsterdam, R.W.P. de Vries, 20–21 March 1928, lot 413 Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (this stamp not reproduced by Lugt; see L. 1181a and 1181b), on the end paper at the front of the book With Antiquariaat Meyer Elte, N.V., The Hague, 1958 Richard H. Zinser (L. 5581), his stamp on the end paper at the back of the book With Nicholas Stogdon, Oxfordshire, 1987 With David Tunick, New York From whom acquired by the present owner, 1987 Exhibited London, Artemis Fine Arts Ltd., Francisco de Goya / Los Caprichos / Twenty Proofs and a New Census, 3-19 December 1987, no. 21. Literature A. Eeles, N. Stogdon, and J. Wilson Bareau, Francisco de Goya / Los Caprichos / Twenty Proofs and a New Census , London and New York 1987, no. 21 (this early set cited and reproduced).