Naturaleza muerta frente a ventana

Details

Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Naturaleza muerta frente a ventana
signed and dated 'Botero 97' (lower right)
charcoal and pastel on canvas
47½ x 39½ in. (120.7 x 100.3 cm.)
Executed in 1997.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist.
Private collection, United States.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 2007, lot 68 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

M. Fumaroli, Botero dibujos, Bogotá, Villegas Editories, 1999, p. 181 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

I have never relied on having objects in front of me to paint a still life, or a model to paint a nude. It all comes from my imagination.
--Fernando Botero¹

1 See L. F. Pradilla in Botero la Pintura: Los últimos 15 años, Bogotá, Ediciones Gamma, 2012, 188.

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