Roman Soldier

Details

FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-2023)
Roman Soldier
signed and numbered 'Botero, 2⁄6' and stamped with foundry mark (on the base)
bronze
74 ½ in. (189.2 cm.) height
36 in. (91.4 cm.) width
28 in. (71.1 cm.) depth
Executed in 1985.
Edition two of six.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1988).

Literature

E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, 1986, pp. 50 and 53-55 (another cast illustrated in color).
A. Moravia, "Los elefantes sonrientes," Casas & Gente, Vo. 4, No. 37, May 1989, p. 51 (another cast illustrated in color).
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Botero, 1990, n. 91, p. 116 (another cast illustrated in color).
M. Pacifico, et al., Botero al Forte Belvedere di Firenze, 1991, pp. 38 and 47 (another cast illustrated).
T. Miki, Fernando Botero: Sculpture and Drawing, 1991, n. 1, p. 7 (another cast illustrated).
G. Durozoi, Botero, 1992, p. 70 (another cast illustrated in color).
Didier Imbert Fine Art, Botero aux Champs-Elysées: Sculptures et oeuvres sur papier, 1992, p. 17 (another cast detail, illustrated in color).
Botero in New York, 1993, n. 21, p. 39 (another cast illustrated in color).
S. Turenne, Botero in Avignon, 1993, n. 47, p. 53 (another cast illustrated in color).
M. Lash, et al., Botero in Chicago: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, 1994, pp. 8 and 10 (another cast illustrated in color).
A.M. Scale, Botero in Washington: Monumental Sculptures, 1996, p. 45 (another cast illustrated in color).
J. Lambert, Botero Sculptures, 1998, pp. 116-117 and 246 (another cast illustrated in color).
V. Sgarbi, Botero a Piazza Signoria, 2000, pp. 19, 28 and 90-91 (another cast illustrated in color).
A. Romanini, Fernando Botero: Disegnatore e Scultore, 2012, pp. 14, 16 and 22 (another cast illustrated).

Lot Essay

"Sculpture brings me a special pleasure- that of touching the new reality that you create. Certainly, in a painting you give the illusion of truth, but with sculpture you can touch its reality...it's an object from your spirit, it's a sensual experience even in its execution. It brings a special joy to touch the material with your hands."

- Fernando Botero (quoted in E. Sullivan, Botero Sculpture, 1986, p.13).

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