FERNANDO BOTERO (b. 1932) The Departure signed and dated 'Botero 10-53, 53' (lower left) oil on canvas 43 x 58 ½ in. (109.2 x 148.6 cm.) Painted in 1953.
FERNANDO BOTERO (b. 1932) The Departure signed and dated 'Botero 10-53, 53' (lower left) oil on canvas 43 x 58 ½ in. (109.2 x 148.6 cm.) Painted in 1953.
Private collection, Maryland. Wientraub Gallery, New York. Private collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1988). By descent from the above to the present owner.
C. Padilla, Botero, la busqueda del estilo:1949-1963, Bogotá, editorial la bachué, 2012 (illustrated, p. 64).
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Corpus Christi, Art Museum of South Texas, Fernando Botero, December 1979 - May 1980, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 51).