FERNANDO BOTERO | The Dream

stamped with artist's signature and numbered 5/6

Private Collection

This work is in very good condition overall. There are two spots of very gentle surface abrasions evident on the right breast.
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I did not choose this style. I started doing these volumetric forms by intuition, then I discovered Italian art that is specially volumetric, like Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca. I realised the importance of these generous and sensual forms in art. - Fernando Botero