Uñas de gato y hábito de beato, Proverb No. 9 - Goya Original Etching - 1937 Ed.
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This edition was made by Rupérez in the Calcografía Nacional for the Ministerio de Instrucción Pública in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War.
Plate measures: 24x35.5 cms.
Sheet measures: 38x56.5 cms.
Five sets, numbered 1-5 were dedicated to Stalin, Mrs. Eleanor Rooselvet, and for the Republican President Azaña, President of the Republic, leaving two sets unaccounted for. Fifteen series numbered 6-20, on Imperial Japan paper were also issued. One of the first series issued in 1937 was gifted by the Spanish ambassador in London to the Victorian and Albert Museum, where it was exhibited. Thomas Harris states that this edition is a very well printed.
The present engraving has the number 11 on the back. The engraving has a embossed stamp with the initials 'CN' surrounded by a border which reads: Calcografia Nacional Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.
Excellent condition, given age. General age-related toning.
Original etching by Francisco de Goya, plate No. 9 of The Proverbs (Disparates), titled "Uñas de gato y hábito de beato". Against a night-dark aquatint ground, a group of grotesque figures crowds around a figure hiding a litter of cats under its cloak, while a dwarf looks on at the left; it illustrates the proverb about the hypocrisy of those who hide their claws under a pious appearance.
It belongs to the 1937 edition of the Calcografía Nacional, printed by Rupérez during the Spanish Civil War for the Ministry of Public Instruction. The first five sets, numbered 1 to 5, were dedicated to Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt and Azaña, President of the Republic, two being left unassigned; fifteen further sets, numbered 6 to 20, were issued on Imperial Japan paper. This impression bears the number 11 on the back. One of the first sets printed in 1937 was given by the Spanish ambassador in London to the Victoria and Albert Museum, where it was exhibited. The print carries the blind stamp with the initials CN surrounded by the legend "Calcografía Nacional Ministerio de Instrucción Pública". Thomas Harris states that it is a very well engraved edition.
Medium: Etching on Imperial Japan paper.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Engraver: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Date: 1937 edition.
Source: Calcografía Nacional, Madrid.
Dimensions: Plate 9.4 x 14.0 in (24 x 35.5 cm); sheet 15.0 x 22.2 in (38 x 56.5 cm).
Condition: Paper with even toning; wide margins, blind stamp by the lower right corner of the plate mark and number "9" at the upper right.
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This edition was made by Rupérez in the Calcografía Nacional for the Ministerio de Instrucción Pública in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War.
Plate measures: 24x35.5 cms.
Sheet measures: 38x56.5 cms.
Five sets, numbered 1-5 were dedicated to Stalin, Mrs. Eleanor Rooselvet, and for the Republican President Azaña, President of the Republic, leaving two sets unaccounted for. Fifteen series numbered 6-20, on Imperial Japan paper were also issued. One of the first series issued in 1937 was gifted by the Spanish ambassador in London to the Victorian and Albert Museum, where it was exhibited. Thomas Harris states that this edition is a very well printed.
The present engraving has the number 11 on the back. The engraving has a embossed stamp with the initials 'CN' surrounded by a border which reads: Calcografia Nacional Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.
Excellent condition, given age. General age-related toning.