Francisco de Goya

Datos Generales
Cronología
1791
Ubicación
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, United States
Dimensiones
35.6 x 23.2 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Attributed work
Titular
Armand Hammer Foundation
Ficha: realización/revisión
22 Dec 2009 / 14 Jun 2023
Inventario
(90.36)
Historia

Sketch for the tapestry cartoon The Straw Manikin.

This sketch belonged to Beatriz Sánchez de la Fuente de Lafora, and later to Juan Lafora, in Madrid. In 1935 it became part of the collection of M. Knoedler & Co. Finally, it was in the Henry R. Luce collection, in New York, before being acquired by the Armand Hammer Foundation, based in Los Angeles.

Análisis artístico

Just like in the cartoon, we see four women amusing themselves by tossing a straw doll up and down in a blanket. However, there are important differences between the two works. Whilst in the cartoon there is a copse of trees framing the women, here we see a crenellated bridge on the left, connecting to the architecture in the sketch for Young Women with Pitchers.

The painting is executed with a light touch, flowing brushstrokes and some impasto details. The outline of the manikin, which appears to be trying to run away, stands out very clearly against the pink-clouded sky behind.

The biggest problem thrown up by this sketch is how to define its exact relationship with the finished cartoon. Another work exists in New York which competes with this one for the status of the authentic sketch for The Straw Manikin. Arnaiz is of the opinion that the similarities between the works makes it difficult to make a definitive decision. However, the writer points out that this appears to be the companion piece to the previously mentioned sketch Young Women with Pitchers, something which is also remarked upon by Morales.

Exposiciones
  • Exposición de bocetos para pinturas y esculturas (Siglos XVI-XIX)
    Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte
    Madrid
    1949
  • Pictures collected by Yale Alumni
    Yale University Art Gallery
    New Haven
    1956
  • The Armand Hammer Collection (1969-1974)
    Palacio de Bellas Artes de México
    Mexico D.F.
    1977
  • Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1993
    from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareau
  • Goya: Order and disorder
    Museum of Fine Arts
    Boston
    2014
Bibliografía
  • SAMBRICIO, Valentín de
    Tapices de Goya
    MadridPatrimonio Nacional
    1946
    p. 274, cat. 58ª y lám. 184
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 99, 374, cat. 296
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 283, cat. 300
  • ANGELIS, Rita de
    L’opera pittorica completa di Goya
    MilanRizzoli
    1974
    p. 105, cat. 255
  • ARNAIZ, José Manuel
    Francisco de Goya, cartones y tapices
    col. col. "Espasa Arte"
    Espasa Calpe
    1987
    pp. 195, 199, 316, cat. 64B-a y lám. XIX
  • MENA, Manuela B. y WILSON-BAREAU, Juliet (comisarias)
    Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1993
    p. 185, cat. 31 y p. 187 (il.)
  • MORALES Y MARÍN, José Luis
    Goya. Catálogo de la pintura
    ZaragozaReal Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis
    1994
    p. 219, cat. 205
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