Goya Prints: Los Caprichos 25, 52, 55: 3 Fine Art Prints

Description: The Etchings and Drawings of Francisco Goya Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828) Los Caprichos - Nos. 25, 55, 52 – 1799 He broke the pitcher (Si quebro cantara) - Caprichos 25 Actual Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches Until Death (Hasta la muerte) - Caprichos 55 Actual Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un sastre) - Caprichos 52 Actual Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches Three Fine Art Reproductions Full Size Reproductions: Image Sizes 8.5 x 5.5 inches; Plate Sheet Size 9.75 x 7 inches. Printed on larger 12 x 8.5 inch paper These reproductions are new, individually printed and proofed, superior quality, giclee* process, fine art prints. They are printed on 100% cotton rag acid-free, heavyweight fine art paper with a luxurious textured watercolor paper finish and archival pigment inks to ensure permanence. Created for collectors, they ARE NOT mass produced prints on low quality, inexpensive paper. Los Caprichos (translation: caprices – whims or quirks) The eighty etchings that make up Goya’s most important series of prints, Los Caprichos (1799), have long been recognized as one of the supreme monuments of European art. A believer in the potential power of reason, his works show what happens when reason is trampled underfoot by individual human follies and corrupt social customs. In these works Goya looks at his country, Spain, and memorializes it as a monument to desperation, folly, arrogance, incompetence, and the need that some of his subjects have to try to control the uncontrollable. The eighty prints cover subjects of prostitution, child abuse, witchcraft, numerous superstitions, and satiric critiques of doctors, politicians, and clergy, among others. Nearly half of the imagery concerns itself with witchcraft often in a mocking tone that shows Goya's use of this particular subject was meant to have more than just one single understanding for the viewer. Capricho 25: He broke the pitcher (Si quebró el cántaro) Goya wrote, "The son is mischievous and the mother is bad-tempered. Which is worse?" Capricho 55: Until death (Hasta la muerte) Goya comments, "She's quite right to make herself look pretty. It is her seventy-fifth birthday, and her little girl friends are coming to see her." Capricho 52: What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un sastre!) Goya comments, "How often can some ridiculous creature be suddenly transformed into a presumptuous coxcomb who is nothing but appears to be much. That is what can be done by the ability of a tailor and the stupidity of those who judge things by their appearance." Of course many viewers of art also tend to judge things by their appearance. How foolish of us? If not by their appearance, how should we judge artworks? By their meaning? Francisco Goya (1746-1848) the famous Spanish court painter turned increasingly to drawing as his primary means of artistic expression after 1795. He filled over eight albums of approximately 600 drawings and published four major print cycles of etchings depicting a society in transition. With pitiless observation he captured an unstable and restless Spain – a Spain suffering from religious Inquisition, a corrupt deluded aristocracy, social injustice, violent crime and the atrocities of a guerilla war against Napoleon’s invasion of 1808. Drawn with a pessimistic and cynical yet truthful eye, his subject matter dealt with the realities of everyday life, fables, witchcraft, the church, social injustices and the disasters of war. Goya’s art invented a new type of art; art as visual reportage that virtually anticipated photojournalism and recorded a beleaguered society at the advent of the 19th century. Original Medium Etching, aquatint on paper. Reproductions: Fine Art Paper, Pigment inks Image Sizes: actual sizes – printed on larger 12 x 8.5 inch paper to allow ample borders for matting and framing About Our Prints The brilliant colors and fine line detail of our reproductions offer the best quality for price performance available online or in shops today. We guarantee that you will be pleased with the superior quality of our prints and encourage you to review our detailed feedback profile comments from past buyers: “Gorgeous, superior quality prints.” “Definitely the best print I have ever bought on Ebay” “Its beautiful! Great addition to my collection.” I invite you to view the other superior quality prints I also have on sale in my eBay Store, Da Vinci Art Prints or by clicking on ‘See other items’ at the top of this listing. Please email me with any questions **the giclee process produces a superior quality, fine art reproduction from a high-resolution digital file of an image. The file is then printed with a high-resolution photo generation printer on a fine art paper. Most artists and working photographers today use the giclee process to produce reproductions of their original artwork and photographs. As with any original art or fine art reproduction, it is recommended that prints are framed and displayed under glass to prevent color fade or shift over the years. Shipping Policy: Combined Shipping Costs on Multiple Print Orders Since I offer multiple Fine Art Reproductions on eBay concurrently, I combine orders to reduce your mailing costs. For multiple print orders please request invoice that will include final shipping and handling charges. US First Class Mail & First Class Mail International

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