Francisco de Goya - Tauromaquia - 1970

Francisco de Goya 1960’s, complete collection, total 40 independent plates.
Very good condition, All the independent plates are in very good condition, the folder shows signs of use, according with the age, cover with minor faults.
Dimensions ca: 47x32 cm.
La Tauromaquia

This work is a piece of high bibliophilia, the fruit of an extremely limited edition of only 100 numbered copies and one honorable copy.

What makes this lot exceptionally unique is that it is an unnumbered copy, preserving the full integrity and quality of the main edition.

Author of the engravings: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

• Editor/Director: Antonio de Horna López.

• Title: La Tauromaquia (1815 - 1970).

• Place and Year: Madrid, 1970. Printed at "Gráficas Pisuerga".

• Edition: Limited to 100 unique copies (this copy is unnumbered, increasing its rarity).

• Prestigious collaborators: Includes forewords and texts by eminent figures such as the Marqués de Lozoya, the legendary bullfighter Juan Belmonte, the critic "Curro Meloja" and the painter Daniel Vázquez Díaz.

• Content: Complete series of high-quality facsimile engravings that reproduce with precision the chiaroscuro and the strength of Goya’s original strokes.

Folder: Presented in its original large-format case, bound.

Shows good conservation status with few signs of aging.

Extraordinary and extremely rare facsimile edition of "La Tauromaquia" by Francisco de Goya, published in 1970 under the direction and commentary of Antonio de Horna.

Exceptional Documentation Included:

The lot includes an original letter from the National Library of Spain (1970), signed by the Secretary General, expressly authorizing D. Antonio de Horna to undertake this new edition of Goya’s engravings, guaranteeing fidelity to the original plates.

This is a unique opportunity to acquire one of the shortest and most exclusive editions of "La Tauromaquia" of the 20th century. The inclusion of the Library’s official correspondence adds historical value and provenance that is immeasurable. It is an essential work for collectors of Goyaesque art, bullfighting subjects, and major facsimile editions.

“La Tauromaquia” is a series of thirty-three prints published in 1816. Eleven additional works should be added to this series. These unpublished works were not included in the first edition due to minor flaws, but they were equally well know, it is a very rare 1960's facsimil edition.
From the first years of the 19th c. Goya had the intention to dedicate a series of prints to bullfighting. He created this collection slowly, with no specific schedule, probably due to the disruption caused by the war. According to several authors, Goya’s initial intention was to illustrate some passages of the “Carta histórica sobre el origen y proceso de las corridas de toros en España” (1777), written by Nicolás Fernández de Moratín. However, the artist went beyond his original idea and completed the series with events and personal memories -specially some famous moves of the time- related to bullfighting and external to Moratín’s work.
Goya was with Pablo Picasso, Antoni Tapies or Salvador Dali one of the best spanish artist of the world.