Prostitute Soliciting a Fat, Ugly Man (recto); Young Woman Wringing Her Hands over a Man's Naked Body (verso), 1796-97. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Brush and black and gray wash; sheet: 23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.); image: 18.7 x 12 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.). Among the great figures of the pictorial arts in the West, Francisco de Goya is one of the very few whose work as a graphic artist is arguably even more important than his paintings. Alongside a prodigious output of prints, he created eight sketchbooks of drawings over the course of 30 years. This double-sided sheet comes from the so-called Album B, or Madrid Album, which, like all of them, was scattered throughout the world in public and private collections after his death. The drawings reveal Goyas powers of invention and observation, and his biting satire. On the recto side of the sheet, a vulgar encounter between a prostitute and a pot-bellied lecher reveals the bluntness of the Goyas social criticism. The