LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

89.37 in. (227.00 cm.) (height) by 73.62 in. (187.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 73 lower right

Exhibited:

Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Fernando Botero, April 2-May 31, 1976 Munich, Hypo-Kulturstiftung, July 4-September 7, 1986; Bremen, Kunsthalle, January 11-March 1, 1987; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, March 12-May 10, 1987,Fernando Botero, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Fernando Botero, December 20, 1979-February 10, 1980, no. 42, illustrated

Literature:

Germán Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, 1977, pl. 157, illustrated in color Carter Ratcliff, Botero, New York, 1980, pl. 31, illustrated in color Pierre Restany, Botero, New York, 1983, pl. 19, illustrated in color Marcel Paquet, Fernando Botero, filosofía de la creación, Belgium, 1985, no. 112, p. 166, illustrated Werner Spies, Fernando Botero, Germany, 1992, pl. 19, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Marlborough Galerie A.G., Zurich The Collection of Robert E. Abrams, New York Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Prints, November 23, 1992, lot 44, illustrated in color; also illustrated in color on the cover Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 25, 1996, lot 39, illustrated in color