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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN N. COHEN AND CAROL F. COHEN
Fernando Botero (Colombian B. 1932)
Man Eating
Details
Fernando Botero (Colombian B. 1932)
Man Eating
signed and dated 'Botero 78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
69½ x 55½ in. (176.5 x 141 cm.)
Painted in 1978.
Man Eating
signed and dated 'Botero 78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
69½ x 55½ in. (176.5 x 141 cm.)
Painted in 1978.
Provenance
Galería Duque Vargas, Medellín.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part I), 26 November 1996, lot 40 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part I), 26 November 1996, lot 40 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. J. Sullivan & J.-M. Tasset, Fernando Botero: Monograph & Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings 1975-1990, Sylvio Acatos, Lausanne, 2000, p. 267, no. 1978/19 (illustrated).
L. Litinsky, 'A Finished Masterpiece,' Florida Design, vol. 14, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 312; 314 (illustrated in color).
L. Litinsky, 'A Finished Masterpiece,' Florida Design, vol. 14, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 312; 314 (illustrated in color).
Sale room notice
Please note that the artist has corrected the title as Man Eating.