Bidspirit auction | Fernando Botero: Hand

Fernando Botero: Hand - BOTERO, FERNANDO 1932 Medellin/Columbia - 2023 Monaco Title: Hand. Date: 1976. Technique: Bronze, brown-patinated. Measurement: 88 x 50 x 38cm. Notation: Signed and numbered verso lower centre: Botero 1/6. Foundry Mark: Beside it foundry mark: FONDERIA TESCONI PIETRA SANTA. Number: 1/6. Frame/Pedestal: Plinth. Provenance: - Brusberg Gallery, Berlin - Corporate collection Germany (acquired from previous owner in 1999) Literature: - Cf. Sullivan, Edward J.: Botero - Sculpture, New York 1986, p. 73, ill. - Fernando Botero is the world's most important and most popular South American artist of the 20th century - First cast of the small edition of six in this size - Significant work from Botero's early sculptural oeuvre Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue Fernando Botero Colombia Figurative Art Post-War Art Sculptures 1970s Hand Object Bronze