Francisco de Goya
El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters)

El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters)

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El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters)
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters)
  • Plate 43 from the series Los Caprichos
Date1799
MediumEtching and aquatint printed in grayish-black ink on laid paper with deckle edges, 1st edition
DimensionsPlate: 8 5/16 × 5 13/16 in. (21.1 × 14.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (31.7 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.284
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection; [Susan Schulman Fine Art, New York, as of 2022]; purchased by the MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled, in plate, bottom left corner: El sueño / de la razon / produce / monstruos.
Recto: Numbered in black printed ink, in plate, right top edge: 43.
Verso: [none]
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Watermark: None
Catalogue raisonnéHarris 078, III, 1; Delteil 080; GW 0536

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