Description | Aquatint on laid paper with watermark, of a man leaning on a desk surrounded by monsters, c.1917-c.1928.
Includes inscription 'El sueno de la razon produce monstruos' (the sleep of reason produces monsters).
This print was plate 43 in Goya's Los Caprichos which was first published in 1799. The plates went through twelve editions and became increasingly worn through the editions. This copy of the print is identified as being from the tenth edition of 1917-1928. |