All Plucked (No. 20)

Series TitleLos Caprichos

Artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)

Date1799

MediumEtching with aquatint and other intaglio media

DimensionsPlate: 7 3/4 × 5 3/16 inches (19.69 × 13.18 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-1054

Edition/State/Proof1st ed.

On View

Not on view

Collections

Prints

Terms

Exhibition History

Goya: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 16-March 1, 1953.

Caricature, Fashion and Fantasy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 28, 2008-May 3, 2009, no cat., as All Plucked (No. 20).

Caricature, Fashion and Fantasy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 25-December 14, 2014, no cat., as All Plucked (No. 20).

Gallery Label

Here, chickens with male faces have been stripped of their feathers and are chased away by young women with brooms. The moral is that once a woman has got hold of a man’s money, he can be discarded.

Provenance

With Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, October 25, 1933;

Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

Published References

Goya: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, exh. cat. (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1953).

Tomás Harris, Goya Engravings and Lithographs, vol. 2 (Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964), no. 55, p. 90, (repro.), as Ya Van Desplumados (There they go plucked) (i.e. fleeced).

Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson-Bareau, The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya, 2^nd ed. (New York: Harrison House, 1981), no. 491, pp. 163, 178, (repro.), as Ya van desplumados (There they go plucked).

Alfonso E. Pérez-Sánchez and Julián Gállego, Goya: The Complete Etchings and Lithographs (Munich: Prestel, 1995), no. 20, p. 45, (repro.), as There they go, plucked.

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 134, 314, as Caprices (Los Caprichos).

Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information, is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete. Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image, please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.