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Francisco Goya y Lucientes
The sleep of reason produces monsters1799

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Etching with aquatint showing a man slumped over a stone desk, surrounded by owls, bats, and a cat, with Spanish inscription on the block reading 'El sueño de la razon produce monstruos'

Francisco Goya y Lucientes, The sleep of reason produces monsters, 1799, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Paul Rodman Mabury Trust Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Title
The sleep of reason produces monsters
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
1799
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 8 in. (30.48 × 20.32 cm) Image: 7 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.1 × 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Paul Rodman Mabury Trust Fund
Accession Number
63.11.43
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Papanikolas, Theresa. Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.

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