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They Say Yes, and Give Their Hand to the Man Who Comes First
They Say Yes, and Give Their Hand to the Man Who Comes First

They Say Yes, and Give Their Hand to the Man Who Comes First

Series TitleLos Caprichos, No. 2
Artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Date1799
MediumEtching with aquatint and other intaglio media
DimensionsPlate: 7 1/8 × 4 3/4 inches (18.1 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1036
Edition/State/Proof1st ed.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

[No known exhibitions at this time]

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

Tomás Harris, Goya Engravings and Lithographs (Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964), 1: p. 96; 2: no. 37, p. 72, (repro.), as El si pronuncian y la mano alargan al primero que llega. (They say yes and give their hand to the first comer.).

Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson-Bareau, The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya, 2nd ed. (New York: Harrison House, 1981), no. 454, pp. 129, 163, 176, (repro.), as El si pronuncian y la mano alargan/Al primero que llega.

Alfonso E. Pérez-Sánchez and Julián Gállego, Goya: The Complete Etchings and Lithographs (Munich: Prestel, 1995), no. 2, p. 34, (repro.), as They say ‘yes’ and give their hand to the first comer.

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

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