Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Fernando Botero (b. 1932)
Venus
Details
Fernando Botero (b. 1932)
Venus
signed 'Botero' (on the base)
bronze
72 ¾ x 33 ½ x 25 ½ in. (184.8 x 85.1 x 64.8 cm.)
Executed in 1977-1978.
Edition four of six plus two artist's proofs
Venus
signed 'Botero' (on the base)
bronze
72 ¾ x 33 ½ x 25 ½ in. (184.8 x 85.1 x 64.8 cm.)
Executed in 1977-1978.
Edition four of six plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Dan Wainberg, Houston.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Dan Wainberg, Houston.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Fernando Botero: Das plastiche Werk, Brusberg Dokumente 11, Verlag der Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, October 1978, n. 31 (another edition illustrated).
E. Sullivan, Botero: Sculpture, Abbeville, New York, 1986, p. 80, n.n. (another edition illustrated).
Botero Sculptures, Villegas editores, Bogotá, 1998, n.p., n. 62 (another edition illustrated in color).
F. Grimberg, Selling Botero, Milan, Silvana Editoriale S.p.A., 2015, p. 81 (another edition illustrated in color).
E. Sullivan, Botero: Sculpture, Abbeville, New York, 1986, p. 80, n.n. (another edition illustrated).
Botero Sculptures, Villegas editores, Bogotá, 1998, n.p., n. 62 (another edition illustrated in color).
F. Grimberg, Selling Botero, Milan, Silvana Editoriale S.p.A., 2015, p. 81 (another edition illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Fernando Botero: Esculturas, 30 April - 29 May 1982, no. 10, p. 9 (illustrated).
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Virgilio Garza