FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508412
Lot 624 | FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Estimate value
350000USD $ 350 000 – 450 000
Rape of Europa
incised with the artist's signature and stamped with the number and foundry mark 'Botero 3/6' (on the base)
bronze
25 x 18 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (63.5 x 47 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed in 1995. This work is number three from an edition of six.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist
Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998
Literature
J.-C. Lambert, Botero: Sculptures, Bogotá, 1998, p. 224 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Ímber, Botero, Donación del artista para el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Ímber y obra reciente, October 1996, pp. 15 and 88, no. 14 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Coral Gables, Gary Nader Fine Art, Botero: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, May 1998, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
| Artist: | Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Colombia, South America |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Colombia, South America |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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