Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932)
Little Whore
signed and dated 'Botero 80' (lower right)
graphite on paper mounted on board
17¾ x 14 in. (45.1 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1980.
Provenance
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida.
Regional Arts Foundation of West Palm Beach, Florida.
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Michigan (1996).
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Botero: Drawings 1964-88, New York, James Goodman Gallery, 1994, no. 24 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Leonard Davis Center for the Arts at the City College of New York, Fernando Botero: Drawings 1964-86, 1992-1994. This exhibition also travelled to Corpus Christi, Texas, The Art Museum of South Texas; Lexington, Kentucky, University of Kentucky Art Museum; Lafayette, Louisiana, University Art Museum; Naples, Florida, Philharmonic Center for the Arts; Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia Museum of Art; Gainsville, Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
New York, James Goodman Gallery, Fernando Botero: Drawings 1964-88, 8 September- 22 October 1994, no. 24.
Munich, Galerie Thomas, Fernando Botero, 7 June- 27 July 2013.
Lot Essay
This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.