Lot 9
  • 9

Fernando Botero (b. 1932)

Estimate
175,000 - 225,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fernando Botero
  • Reclining Nude
  • inscribed with signature and stamped with foundry mark; also numbered 4/6
  • bronze
  • 7 1/4 by 13 1/4 by 6 in.
  • 18.4 by 33.6 by 15.2 cm

Provenance

Galería Adler Castillo, Caracas
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Prints, November 24, 1992, lot 16, illustrated in color
Private Collection, New York

Literature

Carter Ratcliff, Botero, New York, 1975, no. 177, p. 208, illustration of a work from the same series

Condition

This work is in overall very good condition.
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