My Friend, Fernando Botero: The Salomón & Rosita Lerner Collection

My Friend, Fernando Botero: The Salomón & Rosita Lerner Collection

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My Friend, Fernando Botero: The Salomón & Rosita Lerner Collection

Fernando Botero

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Auction Closed

March 1, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Fernando Botero

1932 - 2023


Florero

signed Botero and dated 74 (lower right)

oil on canvas

89 by 75¼ in.

226 by 191 cm.

Executed in 1974.

Acquired from the artist by the present owner

Germán Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, no. 173, n.p., illustrated in color

Giorgio Soavi, Fernando Botero, Milan, 1988, no. 111, p. 139, illustrated in color

Hector Loaiza, Botero S'explique, France, 1997, p. 60, illustrated in color