LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

42.01 in. (106.70 cm.) (height) by 49.25 in. (125.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Botero 73' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Zurich, Marlborough Gallery, Fernando Botero, October-November 1974, pp. 30 and 31, illustrated in color, p. 31. New York, Americas Society, Beyond Geography: Forty Years of Visual Arts at the Americas Society, July-October 2005.

Literature:

G. Soavi, Botero, Milan, 1988, p. 78, no. 50, illustrated in color.

Provenance:

Marlborough Gallery, New York. Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. Private collection, Canada. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1987, lot 54. Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.