No se convienen ('They do not agree') (D. 136; H. 137)

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
No se convienen ('They do not agree') (D. 136; H. 137)
etching with drypoint and engraving, Harris's state I ii, an exceptionally rare working proof before letters and numbers (Harris records ten other examples, all but one in public collections), a fine impression, on laid paper, with wide margins, the number 11 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 towards the right of the sheet, a crease along the lower sheet edge, a further crease across the upper right sheet corner, scattered foxing, remains of old adhesive on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously mounted
P. 146 x 213 mm., S. 222 x 320 mm.

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Lot Essay

As in other works from this series, Goya is at pains to represent the figures as soldiers of indeterminate origin - they are obviously cavalry, but whether French or Spanish is not clear. The blank area to the right depicts the impact of an artillery shell, the blinding flash consuming and dematerialising the soldiers caught in its blast.

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