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Property from the Maharam Family Collection

Fernando Botero

Man on Horseback

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Maharam Family Collection

Fernando Botero

1932 - 2023


Man on Horseback

incised with the artist's signature and number 5/6 and stamped with the foundry mark (on the rear hoof)

bronze

42 by 20 by 32 in.

106.7 by 50.8 by 81.3 cm.

Executed in 1985, this work is number 5 from an edition of 6.

Helene Wasserman, New York

Acquired from the above in November 1992 by the present owner

Edward J. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, New York 1986, p. 67, illustrated in color, p. 33 illustrated in color (plaster), p. 66, illustrated in a photograph (at Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1985)

Exh. Cat., Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Botero. Antologica 1949-1991, December 1991 - February 1992, no. 3, p. 140, illustrated in color (another example) (dated 1984)