Fernando Botero

signed Botero and dated 68 (lower right); signed Botero, dated 68 and titled (on the reverse)

58 by 72 ⅞ in.

147.3 by 185.1 cm.

Private Collection, Peru (acquired directly from the artist)

Private Collection, Peru (acquired by descent from the above)

Sotheby’s, New York, 25 November 1986, lot 11 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above circa 1990 by the present owner

New York, Center for Inter-American Relations, Fernando Botero, 1969, no. 9, illustrated

Germán Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, pp. 7 and 4; pl. 79, n.p., illustrated

Carter Ratcliff, Botero, New York, 1980, no. 209, p. 13; n.p., illustrated in color

Giorgio Soavi, Fernando Botero, Milan, 1988, no. 20, p. 48, illustrated in color; p. 265