7 - Vitín Cortezo - Male character sketch for the film *Goya: The Story of a Solitude* - Handwritten inscription by the artist in the upper right corner: “Man on the Street.” Titled in the upper left corner: “Goya.” Signed and dated 1970 in the lower left corner. Dimensions: 356 x 250 mm.

Vitín Cortezo - Male character sketch for the film *Goya: The Story of a Solitude* - Handwritten inscription by the artist in the upper right corner: “Man on the Street.” Titled in the upper left corner: “Goya.” Signed and dated 1970 in the lower left corner. Dimensions: 356 x 250 mm. Costume sketch for a character in the film *Goya: Historia de una soledad*, directed by Nino Quevedo and released in 1971, starring Francisco Rabal, Irina Demick, Jacques Perrim, José María Prada, among others. Vitín Cortezo (or Víctor María Cortezo, Madrid, 1908–1978) was one of the multifaceted artists specializing in the design and composition of costume sketches, and a prominent set designer on the Spanish theater scene during the second and third quarters of the 20th century. His artistic output following the Spanish postwar period of that century—combined with his love of drawing, painting, and fashion design, as well as his outstanding personality—led him to become a true icon of modernity in a stifling Francoist society, in addition to his status as a homosexual and anti-fascist, not to mention his affluent family background in the field of medicine. We would like to thank Ms. Laura Flores Camarero, from the Documentation Department of the Museo del Traje—Center for Ethnological Heritage Research in Madrid—for her invaluable assistance in identifying the creator of this collection.