Descriptif du lot
"I don't paint apples anymore. Oranges and bananas are the authentic fruits of the tropic. Apples are for snobs."
—Fernando Botero
—Fernando Botero
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Naranjas
Details
FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Naranjas
signed and dated ‘Botero 70’ (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Botero 70 'NARANJAS'' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
41 ¾ x 37 in. (106 x 94 cm.)
Painted in 1970
Naranjas
signed and dated ‘Botero 70’ (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Botero 70 'NARANJAS'' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
41 ¾ x 37 in. (106 x 94 cm.)
Painted in 1970
Provenance
Hanover Gallery, London.
Private collection, Helsinki (acquired from the above, 1973).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Private collection, Helsinki (acquired from the above, 1973).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
K. Gallwitz, Botero, New York, 1976, p. 67 (illustrated in color).
G. Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, no. 82 (illustrated).
G. Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, no. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, Botero, October-November 1970, p. 10 (illustrated in color).
Helsinki, Konstmuseet Ateneum, Botero, February-March 1972, no. 12.
Helsinki, Konstmuseet Ateneum, Botero, February-March 1972, no. 12.