Fernando Botero (Colombian, B. 1932)
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Fernando Botero (Colombian, B. 1932)

Self-Portrait in Costume of Velázquez

Details
Fernando Botero (Colombian, B. 1932)
Self-Portrait in Costume of Velázquez
signed 'Botero' (lower right)
oil on canvas
86 x 69 in. (218 x 175 cm.)
Painted in 1986.
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero: Bilder, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen, Bremen, Kunsthalle, et al., 1986, p. 107, no. 51 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero: Pinturas, Dibujos, Esculturas, Madrid, Reina Sofía, 1986, p. 109, no. 51 (illustrated in color).
G. Soavi, Botero, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, S.p.A., Milan, 1988, p. 227, no. 208 (illustrated in color).
P. Gribaudo, Botero, Gruppos Editoriale Fabbri, S.p.A., Milan, 1990, no. 37 (illustrated in color).
G. Soavi, Fernando Botero: Oeuvres, 1959-1989, CELIV, Paris, no. 93, (illustrated in color).
G. Lescault, Botero: La pinture, Lerner & Lerner Editores, Madrid, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1992, p. 249 (illustrated in color).
W. Spies, Fernando Botero: Paintings and Drawings, Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1992, no. 65 (illustrated in color).
X. Xiaosheng, Fernando Botero, Jiangxi Art Edition, China, 1995, p. 52 (illustrated in color).
E. J. Sullivan & J.-M. Tasset, Fernando Botero: Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings, 1975-1990, Acatos, Lausanne, 2000, pp. 129, 398, no. 1986/31 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fernando Botero: Bilder, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen, July - September 1986. This exhibition later traveled to Bremen, Kunsthalle, January - March 1987; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, March - May 1987; Madrid, Reina Sofía, June - August 1987.

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