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FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)

Lot 530
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 530 | FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Rooster
incised with the artist's signature and number and stamped with the foundry mark 'Botero 5/6' (on the base)
bronze
27 x 29 ½ x 23 in. (68.6 x 75 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is number five from an edition of six.




Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Max and Cecile Draime, 1991



Literature

E. J. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, New York, 1986, p. 134 (another example illustrated).
J. Lambert, Botero Sculptures, Bogotá, 1998, p. 59 (another example illustrated).
J. Loring, "Variations on a Green," Architectural Digest Garden, 31 May 2007, p. 106 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Bogotá, Galería Quintana, Botero: Obras recientes, August-October 1982, n.p., no. 23 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Fernando Botero: Recent Sculpture, April-May 1982, p. 35, no. 31 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Tokyo Department Store Art Gallery; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum and Niigata City Art Museum, Fernando Botero, August-November 1986, p. 92, no. 81 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Summer Group Show, August 1987.
Tokyo, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Fernando Botero, January-March 1987, p. 30, no. 14 (illustrated).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Botero, April-June 1990, p. 110, no. 85 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Chicago, KMV Gallery, Fernando Botero: Selected Artworks of a Universal Artist, October-December 2010, p. 47 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Artist:Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Colombia, South America
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