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Collection given by an Anonymous Donor to benefit the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University
Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
The Big Hand
Details
Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
The Big Hand
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Botero 5/6' (near the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
34¾ x 22¼ x 16½ in. (88.3 x 56.5 x 42 cm.)
Executed in 1976-77.
Edition five of six.
The Big Hand
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Botero 5/6' (near the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
34¾ x 22¼ x 16½ in. (88.3 x 56.5 x 42 cm.)
Executed in 1976-77.
Edition five of six.
Provenance
Aberbach Fine Art, New York.
Lew Futterman, New York (acquired from the above, 1985).
Acquired from the above (1997).
Gifted anonymously to the present owner (2009).
Lew Futterman, New York (acquired from the above, 1985).
Acquired from the above (1997).
Gifted anonymously to the present owner (2009).
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero: Das plastische Werk, Hannover, Galerie Brusberg, 1978, no. 11 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero, Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1979, p. 63, no. 20 (another cast illustrated).
C. Ratcliff, Botero, New York, Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 217, no. 188 (another cast illustrated).
E.J. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, New York, Abbeville Press, 1986, p. 26 and p. 73 (another cast illustrated).
J-C. Lambert, Botero Sculptures, Bogotá, Villegas Editores, 1998, no. 79 (another cast illustrated).
B. Villegas et al., Donación Botero, Museo de Antioquia, Bogotá, Villegas Editores, 2000, p. 136 (another cast illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero, Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1979, p. 63, no. 20 (another cast illustrated).
C. Ratcliff, Botero, New York, Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 217, no. 188 (another cast illustrated).
E.J. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, New York, Abbeville Press, 1986, p. 26 and p. 73 (another cast illustrated).
J-C. Lambert, Botero Sculptures, Bogotá, Villegas Editores, 1998, no. 79 (another cast illustrated).
B. Villegas et al., Donación Botero, Museo de Antioquia, Bogotá, Villegas Editores, 2000, p. 136 (another cast illustrated in color).
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