Lot 37
37
Fernando Botero (b. 1932)
Fernando Botero (b. 1932)

Reclining Woman

Details
Fernando Botero (b. 1932)
Reclining Woman
incised with signature and stamped with number and foundry mark 'Botero A_P 1/2' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) Width: 22¼ in. (57.5 cm.)
Depth: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Cast in 1988. This bronze is the first of two artist's proofs outside of the edition of six.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York

Lot Essay

Fernando Botero began sculpting in 1976 giving his full-bodied images three-dimensional life. As the artist moved from painting to sculpture, his lush painterly style evolved into bronze surfaces so refined as to be comparable to porcelain, exemplified in his sumptuous Reclining Woman. Having developed his voluminous personnage in paint, the artist masterfully commands volume and patina in bronze with his signature wit and effervescence.