Property from an Esteemed Southwestern Collection
Fernando Botero
Rape of Europa
Auction Closed
November 21, 10:28 PM GMT
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Esteemed Southwestern Collection
Fernando Botero
1932 - 2023
Rape of Europa
incised with the artist's signature and number 5/6 and stamped with the foundry mark (on the base)
bronze
24 ¾ by 12 ¼ by 17 ¾ in.
62.8 by 31 by 45 cm.
Executed in 1995, this work is number 5 from an edition of 6.
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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, no. 14, pp. 15 and 88, illustrated in color (another cast)
Coral Gables, Gary Nader Fine Art, Botero: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, May 1998, n.n., n.p., illustrated in color (another cast)
Jean-Clarence Lambert, Botero Sculptures, Bogotá, 1998, p. 224, illustrated in color (another cast)
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