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The sleep of reason produces mosters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

The sleep of reason produces mosters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17.94 x 12.07 cm);8 ½ x 5 7/8 in. (21.59 x 14.92 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.43

Description

Plate 43
The sleep of reason produces monsters.
(El sueño de la razon produce monstruos.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.43
Commentary: Imagination abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the source of their wonders.

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