Fernando Botero

signed Botero and dated 59 (lower right); signed Botero, dated 59 and titled (on the reverse)

67 ¾ by 123 ¾ in. 

172.1 by 314.3 cm.

Acquired by descent from the artist by the present owner

Bogotá, Museo Nacional de Colombia, XII Salon de Artistas Colombianos, 1959, no. 8, p. 17; n.p., illustrated

Rome, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Botero: Antologica 1949-1991, 1991-92, no. 4, p. 37, illustrated in color; p. 197

Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Copenhagen, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Fernando Botero, 2001-02, no. 3, p. 39, illustrated in color; p. 134

Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Fernando Botero: Una celebración, 2012, n.p., illustrated in color (detail); pp. 94 and 308; p. 102, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and Corpus Christi, Art Museum of South Texas, Fernando Botero, 1979-80, pp. 14-15 and 22

Mariana Hanstein, Fernando Botero, Cologne, 2003, p. 8, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Milan, Palazzo Reale, Botero: Works 1994 - 2007, 2007, p. 2

Mariana Hanstein, Botero: 1932-2023, Cologne, 2023, p. 8, illustrated in color; p. 26

Christian Padilla, Fernando Botero: The Search For a Style (1948-1963), 2020, Milan, n.p., illustrated in color; pp. 86 and 88