Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Rooster
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Botero 3/6' (on the base)
bronze
27 x 29½ x 23 in. (68.6 x 75 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1981.
Edition three of six.
Provenance
Galería Quintana, Bogotá.
Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fernando Botero: Obras Recientes, Bogotá, Galería Quintana, no. 23 (illustrated).
E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, Abbeville, New York, 1986, p. 134 (another cast illustrated).
J.C. Lambert & B. Villegas, Botero Sculptures, Villegas Editores, Bogotá, 1998, no. 59 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Bogotá, Galería Quintana, Fernando Botero: Obras Recientes, 26 August- 1 Occtober 1982, no. 23.
Lot Essay
This work is sold with a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.