ID 1030099
Lot 11 | FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Estimate value
$ 900 000 – 1 200 000
Man Eating
signed and dated 'Botero 78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
71 x 55 in. (180.3 x 139.7 cm.)
Painted in 1978.
Provenance
Galería Duque Vargas, Medellín.
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 26 November 1996, lot 40.
Alan N. and Carol F. Cohen, Palm Beach; Christie's, New York, 31 May 2007, lot 67.
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, Dubai (acquired via Opera Gallery, Dubai, 2009).
Acquired from the above by the present owner (2015).
Literature
E. J. Sullivan & J.-M. Tasset, Fernando Botero: Monograph & Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings 1975-1990, Lausanne, Sylvio Acatos, 2000, no. 1978/19 (illustrated, p. 267).
L. Litinsky, 'A Finished Masterpiece,' Florida Design, vol. 14, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 312 and 314.
| Artist: | Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Colombia, South America |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Colombia, South America |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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