.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Property from a Private American Collection
FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Mujer fumando
Details
FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Mujer fumando
incised with the artist's signature and number and stamped with the foundry mark 'Botero 1⁄6' (on the base)
bronze
27 ½ x 50 3⁄8 x 21 in. (70 x 128 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number one from an edition of six.
Mujer fumando
incised with the artist's signature and number and stamped with the foundry mark 'Botero 1⁄6' (on the base)
bronze
27 ½ x 50 3⁄8 x 21 in. (70 x 128 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number one from an edition of six.
Provenance
Private collection, Johannesburg
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 November 1994, lot 52
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 November 1994, lot 52
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, New York, 1986, pp. 154-155 (another example illustrated).
W. Speis, et al., Fernando Botero: Paintings and Drawings, Munich, 1986, p. 32, no. 21 (another example illustrated).
S. Serra and G. Van Straten, Botero al Forte Belvedere di Firenze, Florence, 1991, p. 40 (another example illustrated).
J. Sillevis, The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Virginia, 2006, pp. 230-231 and 281, no. 83 (another example illustrated; titled Smoking Woman).
J. Botero, El arte de Fernando Botero, Bogotá, 2010, p. 216 (another example illustrated).
W. Speis, et al., Fernando Botero: Paintings and Drawings, Munich, 1986, p. 32, no. 21 (another example illustrated).
S. Serra and G. Van Straten, Botero al Forte Belvedere di Firenze, Florence, 1991, p. 40 (another example illustrated).
J. Sillevis, The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Virginia, 2006, pp. 230-231 and 281, no. 83 (another example illustrated; titled Smoking Woman).
J. Botero, El arte de Fernando Botero, Bogotá, 2010, p. 216 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Botero, June-September 1988, p. 69 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Fernando Botero: Recent Sculpture, October-November 1990, n.p., no. 7 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Martigny, Foundation Pierre Gianadda, Botero, April-June 1990, p. 108, no. 83 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Fernando Botero, August-October 1997, pp. 192 and 235 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Avignon, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Botero, June-September 1993, p. 55, no. 49 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Venice, Artmedia & Comune di Venezia Assessorato alla Cultura e al Turismo, Botero a Venezia: Sculture e dipinti, April-June 2003, pp. 90-91 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Fernando Botero: Recent Sculpture, October-November 1990, n.p., no. 7 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Martigny, Foundation Pierre Gianadda, Botero, April-June 1990, p. 108, no. 83 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Fernando Botero, August-October 1997, pp. 192 and 235 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Avignon, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Botero, June-September 1993, p. 55, no. 49 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Venice, Artmedia & Comune di Venezia Assessorato alla Cultura e al Turismo, Botero a Venezia: Sculture e dipinti, April-June 2003, pp. 90-91 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Brought to you by
Rachel Ng
Associate Specialist, Acting Head of Sale, Post-War to Present