RECENT ACQUISITION
Collectors Circle Purchases
Goya Print for the Museum
At their annual
meeting on July 22,
members of the
Collectors Circle
voted to acquire for
the Museum a ?rst edition print by the
18th-century Spanish artist Francisco
José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
The meeting marks the culmination of a
year of travel to museums, art galleries,
private collectors and art dealers to learn
more about museums, collecting and
the art world, and to select objects to be
considered for purchase using their dues.
The print by Goya, titled “She who is ill wed
never misses a chance to say so,” is from the last
of his four major print series called Los
Proverbios. Conceived between 1815-1824,
the prints in this series were not published
until 1864 (after the artist’s death),
probably due in part to their pointed social
commentary. The series was published
under the title Los Proverbios, although
Goya’s own captions for the working
proofs include the word “disparates,”
meaning “follies.” Even with the titles, the
meanings of the images remain enigmatic,
however an overall feeling of pessimism
and sharp social commentary pervades
the group as in our image where the ‘ill
wed’ woman is physically bound to her
husband. Surrounded by dark and ghastly
personages, the couples’ double feet
reference their union and their desire to
separate.
Goya began his career as a painter
and printmaker creating works in the
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