A close look at Goya's final years and his brilliant culminating work Francisco Jos??? de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) spent the last four years of his life living in Bordeaux with other political ???migr???s from Spain and South America. In those years he created small-scale, intimate pieces, including uncommissioned portraits of friends and family, miniature paintings on ivory plaques, and numerous drawings and lithographs. These works attest to the artist's continuing vitality in his old age and also offer insight ...
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A close look at Goya's final years and his brilliant culminating work Francisco Jos??? de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) spent the last four years of his life living in Bordeaux with other political ???migr???s from Spain and South America. In those years he created small-scale, intimate pieces, including uncommissioned portraits of friends and family, miniature paintings on ivory plaques, and numerous drawings and lithographs. These works attest to the artist's continuing vitality in his old age and also offer insight into his life in Bordeaux. This beautiful book presents fifty-one key works from Goya's late period along with two essays that illuminate his works of that time. Jonathan Brown retells the story of Goya's difficult years in exile when he nevertheless continued to make art, experimenting with the new medium of lithography, inventing a technique of miniature painting on ivory, and painting remarkable portraits of friends and supporters. Susan Grace Galassi describes the rich historical and cultural milieu of Bordeaux and establishes a biographical context and sense of place that underscore the triumph of Goya's final achievement. Exhibition Schedule: The Frick Collection, New York, February 22 -May 14, 2006
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Goya. Near fine in near fine jacket. xiv + 279 pages. Slim 4to, black boards, d.w. New York: The Frick Collection, (2006). Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Published on the occasion of the exhibition.
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Fine Like New. CLEAN Fine like New 2006 hardcover with Fine dust jacket. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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Near Fine. 4to. Xiv, 279 Pgs. With the assistance of Johanna Sheers and Iraida Rodriguez-Negron. Illustrated through-out in both color and black and white. An exhibition catalogue of the works of Goya in the 19th century--most from 1824-1828, when Goya lived in Bordeaux. With two essays, the catalogue descriptions of his paintings, drawings, miniatrues and the Bordeaux Drawings from Albums G and H; with a chronology, selected bibliography and index. A very clean copy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Hbk square 4to, 279pp, 51 color plates and 92 other illustrns in the text, a new and unread copy, excellent clean tight and unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new.
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VG-(Page edges are tanning lightly; otherwise crisp and clear. ) Yellow and color illustrated wraps. 279 pp., 51 + color plates and 92 bw figures and plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2006-2007 exhibition of later art produced by Spanish romantic artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828). With essays by Jonathan Brown and Susan Grace Galassi. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 51 specific pieces. Includes chronology and bibliography. Nice!
