Francisco Goya
1746-1828
You Are Having a Bad Time (Mal tiempo pasas)
1816-1820
10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (267 x 184 mm)
Gray wash on laid paper.
1999.23
Thaw Collection.
Notes
From the Black Border Album.
This vignette of a solitary shepherd bundled in his cloak, leaning on his stick, and accompanied by a resting member of his flock is an excellent example of the ambiguity of many of Goya's drawings. Goya's title for the drawing can be read as an empathetic comment on a lonely and unhappy laborer--or as a mildly mocking comment on self-pity. -- Exhibition Label, from "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection"
This vignette of a solitary shepherd bundled in his cloak, leaning on his stick, and accompanied by a resting member of his flock is an excellent example of the ambiguity of many of Goya's drawings. Goya's title for the drawing can be read as an empathetic comment on a lonely and unhappy laborer--or as a mildly mocking comment on self-pity. -- Exhibition Label, from "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection"
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered by the artist at upper center, in brown ink, "26"; by Javier Goya at upper right, in pen and black ink, "53"; inscribed with the title at lower center, in black chalk, "mal tiempo pasas".
Watermark: [H]onig on platform, over "...& Z", fragment.
Watermark: [H]onig on platform, over "...& Z", fragment.
Associated names
Lebas, Paul, former owner.
Monchy, Donop de, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Monchy, Donop de, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection", 2017. Exh. cat., no. 176, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 50.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 50.
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