Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Fernando Botero

Obispo perdido en el bosque

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Fernando Botero

1932 - 2023


Obispo perdido en el bosque

signed and dated 70 (lower right); signed and titled (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

47 ⅛ by 36 ⅛ in.

119.8 by 91.8 cm.

Executed in 1970.

Hanover Gallery, London

Artel Galerie, Geneva

Private Collection, Geneva (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 23 October 1975, lot 449 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 21 November 2006, lot 163 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Germán Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, no. 129, n.p., illustrated

Carter Ratcliff, Botero, New York, 1980, no. 142, p. 170, illustrated in color

Giorgio Soavi, Botero, Milan, 1988, no. 85, p. 113, illustrated in color