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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, printmaker

A Way of Flying (Modo de volar) / Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way (Donde hay ganas hay maña), 1816–1824, printed 1864

Description

Maker

Title

A Way of Flying (Modo de volar) / Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
(Donde hay ganas hay maña)

Year

1816–1824, printed 1864

Medium

Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on J. G. O. wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 24.5 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Watermark: J. G. O. with palmette

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

49.457.13

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

A group of men with large artificial wings and bird-head hats flit about like giant moths in the darkness. Goya’s original title (A Way of Flying) provides no clues for interpreting this image. Even within Goya’s haunting, enigmatic oeuvre, The Proverbs are among his strangest prints. The artist began working on the series at the age of 70 and continued until 1824, four years before his death, perhaps leaving it incomplete. Published posthumously, these works greatly affected artists working in etching in the later 1800s.

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