Lot 25
  • 25

Fernando Botero (b. 1932)

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Fernando Botero
  • Alacena
  • signed and dated 73 lower right
  • graphite on paper

  • 57 by 50 in.
  • 144.8 by 127 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin
Aberbach Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, Fernando Botero, June 27-August 4, 1981, no. 14

Condition

Examined under glass: there is a 3 in. scratch in the upper left part of the cupboard. There are 5 very small scratches near the lower part of the watermelon. There is a vertical line of possible rubbing under the napkin in the center left. Overall, this work appears to be in very good condition.
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