Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Amarga presencia ('Bitter to be present') (D. 132; H. 133)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Amarga presencia ('Bitter to be present') (D. 132; H. 133) etching with drypoint and engraving, Harris's state I i, an exceptionally rare working proof before letters and numbers (Harris records two other examples, both in public collections), a fine impression, on laid paper, with wide margins, the number 2 in pen and ink in the upper right corner, the artist's name and a price (5/-) in pencil in the lower margin, a faint vertical crease running through the centre of the sheet, a further crease across the lower right sheet corner, scattered pale foxing, remains of old adhesive on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously mounted P. 140 x 167 mm., S. 220 x 320 mm.
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Amarga presencia ('Bitter to be present') (D. 132; H. 133)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Amarga presencia ('Bitter to be present') (D. 132; H. 133) etching with drypoint and engraving, Harris's state I i, an exceptionally rare working proof before letters and numbers (Harris records two other examples, both in public collections), a fine impression, on laid paper, with wide margins, the number 2 in pen and ink in the upper right corner, the artist's name and a price (5/-) in pencil in the lower margin, a faint vertical crease running through the centre of the sheet, a further crease across the lower right sheet corner, scattered pale foxing, remains of old adhesive on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously mounted P. 140 x 167 mm., S. 220 x 320 mm.
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