1932 -
Colombian
Toro
oil on canvas
signed and dated 2002 and on verso titled on the Musée Maillol exhibition label
58 1/2 x 48 1/2 in, 148.6 x 123.2 cm
Estimate: $450,000 - $650,000 CAD
Sold for: $811,250
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PROVENANCE
Galleria d'Arte Contini, Venice, 2005
Property of an Important Estate, British Columbia
LITERATURE
Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon, 1960, page 91
Ana María Escallón, “From the Inside Out: An Interview with Fernando Botero,” Botero: New Works on Canvas, 1997, page 12
Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz Fisac, “The Perils of Popularity,” The Art Newspaper, no. 120, December 2001, page 45
Dina Vierny et al., Botero: oeuvres récentes, Fondation Dina Vierny - Musée Maillol, 2003, reproduced page 77
EXHIBITED
Fondation Dina Vierny / Musée Maillol, Paris, Fernando Botero: Exhibition, November 7, 2003 - March 15, 2004
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Estimate: $450,000 - $650,000 CAD
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