Past Exhibition

Goya Drawings and Prints

The image shows a bull surrounded by several dogs. One dog appears airborne near the bull, while others are around it. The bull has an injury on its back. In the background, two figures are watching the scene. The drawing portrays a dynamic and dramatic interaction between the animals with expressive lines conveying movement and tension.
Francisco Goya, Bull Attacked by Dogs, c. 1825, lithograph on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1947.7.63

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    Main Floor, Galleries 35, 35A, 40, 41, 41A
The image shows a bull surrounded by several dogs. One dog appears airborne near the bull, while others are around it. The bull has an injury on its back. In the background, two figures are watching the scene. The drawing portrays a dynamic and dramatic interaction between the animals with expressive lines conveying movement and tension.
Francisco Goya, Bull Attacked by Dogs, c. 1825, lithograph on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1947.7.63

Overview: This exhibition of Francisco de Goya's work was the first of its kind to be seen in the United States. The Prado Museum and the Lazaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid lent 129 drawings and prints for the traveling exhibition, which was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition was identical to one held in London during the summer of 1954 by the Arts Council of Great Britain, with the exception of 33 etchings from the Rosenwald collection to replace prints seen in London that could not be obtained for the traveling exhibition. Introduction and catalogue notes were reprinted from the Arts Council catalogue. The exhibition was installed at the Gallery by Elizabeth Mongan.

Catalog: Goya Drawings and Prints, introduction by Xavier de Salas. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1955.

Other Venues:

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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