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Rooster
Details
Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Rooster
signed and numbered 'Botero, 4/6' (on the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
21 x 11 5/8 x 20¼ in. (53.3 x 29.5 x 51.4 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Edition four of six.
Rooster
signed and numbered 'Botero, 4/6' (on the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
21 x 11 5/8 x 20¼ in. (53.3 x 29.5 x 51.4 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Edition four of six.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist.
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin (1975).
Private collection, Germany.
Auktionhause Eichelkraut, Potsdam.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin (1975).
Private collection, Germany.
Auktionhause Eichelkraut, Potsdam.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Brusberg Dokumente 11; Fernando Botero: Das Plastiche Werk, Hannover, Galerie Brusberg, 1978, no. 4 (illustrated).
H. Valencia Goelkel, Fernando Botero Esculturas, Litografía Arco, Bogotá, 1979, p. 49 (another cast illustrated).
C. Ratcliff, Botero, Abbeville Press Inc., New York, 1980, p. 197, no. 166 (another cast illustrated).
E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, Abbeville Press, New York, 1986, p. 125 (another cast illustrated in color) and p. 56 (another cast illustrated in artist's studio).
H. Valencia Goelkel, Fernando Botero Esculturas, Litografía Arco, Bogotá, 1979, p. 49 (another cast illustrated).
C. Ratcliff, Botero, Abbeville Press Inc., New York, 1980, p. 197, no. 166 (another cast illustrated).
E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, Abbeville Press, New York, 1986, p. 125 (another cast illustrated in color) and p. 56 (another cast illustrated in artist's studio).
Exhibited
Hannover, Galerie Brusberg, Brusberg Dokumente 11, Fernando Botero Das Plastiche Werk, 15 October- 18 November 1978, no. 4.
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