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FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA El Sueño de la Razon Produce Montruos.
Aquatint and etching on cream wove paper, circa 1799. 215x150 mm; 8 1/2x6 inches, wide margins. Second edition, before the beveling of the plate, with the title on the desk distinct and with the foul-biting in the upper right margin. From Los Caprichos. A superb, well-inked, dark and early impression with all the different aquatint tones distinct and no sign of wear.
Goya's commentary on this subject, "Imagination abadoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of arts and the source of their wonders." Delteil 80; Harris 78.
