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There is plenty to suck (Mucho hay que chupar)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

There is plenty to suck (Mucho hay que chupar)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in (19.68 cm x 12.38 cm);8 in x 5 15/16 in (20.32 cm x 15.08 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.45

Description

Plate 45
There is plenty to suck.
(Mucho hay que chupar.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.45
Commentary: Those who reach eighty suck little children; those under eighteen suck grown-ups. It seems that man is born and lives to have the substance sucked out of him.

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