Dos cabezas son mejor que una, Proverb No. 11 - Goya 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. 11 of The Proverbs (Disparates), titled "Dos cabezas son mejor que una" (Two heads are better than one). Against a dark wall, a young woman with outstretched arms is pulled towards a group of hooded old women, one wearing spectacles and others leaning on sticks, while a ghostly figure at the left seems to call her back; below, a small dishevelled face completes one of the most enigmatic scenes of the series.
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 and aquatint 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 toned, more strongly within the plate mark, with some scattered small stains; wide, lighter margins and blind stamp by the lower right corner of the plate mark.
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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.