Live Auction 2320Latin American Sale
Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Lot 61

Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)

Society Lady

Closed27 May 2010

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USD 470,500

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Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Society Lady
signed and dated 'Botero 95' (lower right)
oil on canvas
49 5/8 x 39 3/8 in. (126 x 99 cm.)
Painted in 1995.

Fondation Veranneman, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

I do not have a favorite subject. My desire is to create a painter's world like the real world--full of everything. It is important to be able to paint everything and come out with something that is a part of your "world," because this means that you have a position, a style, and not a "product," which is what most painters have.

Fernando Botero
G. Arciniegas, Fernando Botero, New York, Abrams, 1977.