Fernando Botero - Latin America New York Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006

  • Artist Biography

    Fernando Botero

    Colombian • 1932

    Colombian artist Fernando Botero is known for his voluptuous and exaggerated paintings, sculptures and drawings. He studied under Roberto Longhi, a renowned authority on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, obtaining a remarkable art historical knowledge of Western Classicism. This dialogue between an erudite education and religious art for the masses is the key in the development of his aesthetic.

    Botero was also influenced by Mexican muralism, with which he became acquainted while living in Mexico City. The monumental scale of the human forms in the murals gave rise to the voluminous figures for which he is best known. Botero's works make mordant comments on society's shortcomings; they also incorporate classical elements and are imbued with political satire and caricature.

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CEIL AND MICHAEL PULITZER

32

Bodegón con uvas

1975
watercolor on paper
13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (34.9 x 45.1 cm.)
Signed and dated "Botero 75" lower right.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Head of Latin America Sale
lgonzalez@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York Auction 29 May 2014 4pm