Fernando Botero (b. 1932)
Woman in Profile
signed and dated ‘Botero 95’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 ½ x 14 ½ in. (39.5 x 37 cm.)
Painted in 1995.
Provenance
Galleria Contini, Venice. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Lugano, Museo Cantonale, Fernando Botero, 31 July – 12 October 1997. São Paulo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaurbriand, Botero, 17 March – 17 May 1998, p. 59 (illustrated in color).This exhibition also travelled to Rio de Janeiro,Museu Nacional de Bellas Artes de Rio de Janeiro, 10 July – 13 September 1998; Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales de Montevideo, 24 September -30 November 1998, and Monterrey, Mexico, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 22 January – 14 April 1999.
Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated 1999.