ID 920929 
Lot 17  | FERNANDO BOTERO (b. 1932)
Estimate value
$ 180 000 – 220 000 
The Departure
signed and dated 'Botero 10-53, 53' (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 x 58 1/2 in. (109.2 x 148.6 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
Private collection, Maryland.
Wientraub Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1988).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
C. Padilla, Botero, la busqueda del estilo:1949-1963, Bogotá, editorial la bachué, 2012 (illustrated, p. 64).
Exhibited
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Corpus Christi, Art Museum of South Texas, Fernando Botero, December 1979 - May 1980, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 51).
| Artist: | Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Contemporary 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: | Contemporary art | 
| Place of origin: | Colombia, South America | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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