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Fernando Botero

Lot 21
Hand, 1976
Bronze, brown-patinated

34.6 x 19.7 x 15.0 in (88.0 x 50.0 x 38.0 cm)

Lot 21
Hand, 1976
Bronze, brown-patinated
34.6 x 19.7 x 15.0 in (88.0 x 50.0 x 38.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000
Auction: 20 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Jun 04, 2025
Auction number: A533
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary

Lot Details
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.
Lot Details
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.

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