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FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)

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$ 756 000
Auction dateClassic
12.03.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1166889
Lot 6 | FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)

Roman Soldier

signed and numbered 'Botero, 2⁄6' and stamped with foundry mark (on the base)

bronze

74 ½ in. (189.2 cm.) height

36 in. (91.4 cm.) width

28 in. (71.1 cm.) depth

Executed in 1985.

Edition two of six.





Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner (1988).



Literature

E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, 1986, pp. 50 and 53-55 (another cast illustrated in color).

A. Moravia, "Los elefantes sonrientes," Casas & Gente, Vo. 4, No. 37, May 1989, p. 51 (another cast illustrated in color).

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Botero, 1990, n. 91, p. 116 (another cast illustrated in color).

M. Pacifico, et al., Botero al Forte Belvedere di Firenze, 1991, pp. 38 and 47 (another cast illustrated).

T. Miki, Fernando Botero: Sculpture and Drawing, 1991, n. 1, p. 7 (another cast illustrated).

G. Durozoi, Botero, 1992, p. 70 (another cast illustrated in color).

Didier Imbert Fine Art, Botero aux Champs-Elysées: Sculptures et oeuvres sur papier, 1992, p. 17 (another cast detail, illustrated in color).

Botero in New York, 1993, n. 21, p. 39 (another cast illustrated in color).

S. Turenne, Botero in Avignon, 1993, n. 47, p. 53 (another cast illustrated in color).

M. Lash, et al., Botero in Chicago: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, 1994, pp. 8 and 10 (another cast illustrated in color).

A.M. Scale, Botero in Washington: Monumental Sculptures, 1996, p. 45 (another cast illustrated in color).

J. Lambert, Botero Sculptures, 1998, pp. 116-117 and 246 (another cast illustrated in color).

V. Sgarbi, Botero a Piazza Signoria, 2000, pp. 19, 28 and 90-91 (another cast illustrated in color).

A. Romanini, Fernando Botero: Disegnatore e Scultore, 2012, pp. 14, 16 and 22 (another cast illustrated).
Artist:Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Colombia, South America
Category:Sculpture
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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