LOT 052

1932 -
Colombian

Seated Man
oil on canvas
signed and dated 2004 and on verso titled and dated on a label
48 x 37 1/2 in, 121.9 x 95.2 cm

Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD

Sold for: $541,250

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PROVENANCE
Opera Gallery, Paris, 2006
Property of an Important Estate, British Columbia

LITERATURE
Fernando Botero, Fernando Botero: Paintings and Drawings, 1992, essay by Werner Spies, page 158
Ana María Escallón, Botero: New Works on Canvas, 1997, pages 27, 33, 39 and 55
Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz Fisac, “The Perils of Popularity,” The Art Newspaper, no. 120, December 2001, page 45
John Sillevis, The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, 2006, page 29


For full cataloguing, essay and images in PDF format, please click here.


Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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