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Le Buffet

signed Botero and dated 70 (lower right); signed with the initials FB (in the handle of the fork); signed Botero, dated 70 and titled (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

74 by 75 ½ in. 

188 by 191.8 cm.

Executed in 1970.

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Le Buffet

signed Botero and dated 70 (lower right); signed with the initials FB (in the handle of the fork); signed Botero, dated 70 and titled (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

74 by 75 ½ in. 

188 by 191.8 cm.

Executed in 1970.

Provenance

Kiko Galleries, Houston (acquired in 1970)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Marcel Paquet, Botero: philosophie de la création, 1985, Tielt, Belgium, no. 99, n.p., illustrated in color; p. 171 (titled Nature morte à la soupière)

Giorgio Soavi, Fernando Botero, Milan, 1988, no. 40, p. 68, illustrated in color; p. 265 (titled Natura morta and dated 1972)

Marcel Paquet, Botero: Philosophy of the Creative Act, New York, 1992, no. 100, p. 130, illustrated in color; p. 154 (titled Still Life with Soup Pot)