Artwork Information

  • Title:

    The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueГ±o do la razon produce monstruos)

  • Artist:

    Goya, Francisco

  • Artist Bio:

    Spanish, 1746–1828

  • Date:

    etched 1794-1798, published 1803

  • Medium:

    Etching or aquatint

  • Dimensions:

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Robert Fizzell

  • Object Number:

    1964.2.43

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display


About the Artwork

Imagination, deserted by reason, begets impossible monsters. United with reason, she is the mother of all arts, and the source of all their wonders.

 

La fantasía abandonada de la razón produce monstruos imposibles: unida con ella, es madre de las artes y origen de sus marabillas.