Fernando Botero - Latin America New York Tuesday, November 21, 2017 | Phillips

Latin America

New York Auction 21 November 2017

  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • 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 Estate of Mrs. Anne Marie Aberbach

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Fernando Botero

Male Torso with Leaf

signed and numbered "Botero - 3/6" bottom left corner of the base
bronze
19 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 6 in. (49.2 x 34.3 x 15.2 cm)
Executed circa 1992, this work is number 3 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $250,000

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Latin America

New York Auction 21 November 2017