Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828) Engraving, Ya es Hora (It is the hour), Plate 80 of Los Caprichos. Measures 8 3/8"x 5 7/8". In Frame 21.50"x17.50"x1". Weight 5 pds. From the 7th Edition of 110 made in the Calcographia. This edition was published 1903-1905 and was made in the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia in Madrid, Spain. The Seventh Edition is the first edition to print onto a yellowish paper. Differing bfrom the previous sepia and black inks the Seventh Edition used blue inks. Printed in 1799, Los Caprichos was the first work Goya produced for sale as a single set. In 1803, Goya relinquished the plates to Charles IV, in return for a pension for his son. The plates remain with the Calcografia Nacional and have been used for restrikes over the years. PROVENANCE: From the Estate of noted collector and Philanthropist Louis E. Stern (1886-1962) by descent. Art collector, attorney; New York, N.Y. Born in Balta, Russia, Stern joined his father in America ca. 1900, and earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1909. An avid patron of the arts, Stern's large collection was notable for its illustrated artists' books, prints, sculpture, ancient and primitive objects, and paintings, in particular his many works by Marc Chagall (he was Chagall's US attorney), Picasso, Braque and many more. Upon his death, his collections were given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, his art library to Rutgers, and other additional items to the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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