LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

70.98 in. (180.30 cm.) (height) by 50.00 in. (127.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Botero' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., La Corrida: The Bullfight Paintings, 25 April - 25 May, 1985, p. 35, n. 6 (illustrated).

Literature:

E. Leiser, Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin, Botero's Corrida, July 1985, p.26 (illustrated in color). J.M. Caballero Bonald, Botero: The Bullfight, New York, Rizzoli, 1989, p.58 (illustrated). E. Sullivan et al., Fernando Botero, Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings 1975-1990, Lausanne, Sylvio Acatos, 2000, p. 354, no. 1984/13 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Marlborough Gallery, New York. Anon sale, Christie's, New York, 28 May 1997, lot 45. Acquired from the above by the present owner.