Fernando Botero

signed Botero and dated 75 (lower right) 

20 ⅝ by 77 ⅛ in.

52.4 by 195.9 cm.

Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein (acquired directly from the artist in November 1975)

Marlborough-Torii, Tokyo (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in March 1976)

Private Collection, Venezuela

Sotheby’s, New York, 6 November 1980, lot 56 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York

Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York

Private Collection, United States

Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1990, lot 5 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Germán Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, p. 6; pl. 9, p. 25, illustrated in color

Carter Ratcliff, Botero, New York, 1980, no. 98, p. 12; pp. 122-23, illustrated in color; illustrated in color on the cover

Marcel Paquet, Botero: Philosophie de la creation, Tielt, Belgium, 1985, no. 110, p. 164, illustrated; p. 171

Marcel Paquet, Botero: Philosophy of the Creative Act, New York, 1992, no. 110, p. 146, illustrated and p. 154 (titled The Botero Exhibit)

Gilbert Lascault, Botero, éloges des sphères, de la chair, de la peinture et de plusieurs autres choses, Madrid, 1992, pl. 187, n.p., illustrated in color

Philippe Monsel, ed., Botero, Paris, 1996, no. 1, p. 62, illustrated

José María Faerna, ed., Botero, New York, 1997, pl. 1, pp. 10-11, illustrated in color; p. 62

Edward J. Sullivan and Jean-Michel Tasset, Fernando Botero: Monograph & Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings 1975–1990, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2000, no. 1975/3, pp. 36-37, illustrated in color; n.p. and p. 231, illustrated

Mariana Hanstein, Fernando Botero, Cologne, 2003, pp. 44-45, illustrated in color

Mariana Hanstein, Fernando Botero: 1932-2023, Cologne, 2023, pp. 44-45, illustrated in color