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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 26, 2014 | Van Ham | Cologne | Moderne Kunst, Zeitgenössische Kunst, Discoveries | 217 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
Works on Paper
45.5 x 61 cm (17.91 x 24.02 in)
watercolor on laid paper
signed and dated 'BOTERO 79' l.r
Private collection Germany"(...) Fernando Botero is indeed one of the most well-known and respected still life painters of the late twentieth century. His respectations of fruits, flowers, vergetables, sweets, meats or cheese embody many of the characteristics that are observed in his other subjects. They display a marked engagement with sensuality. There is a sense of the sacramental or ritual in many of these paintings. A number of Botero's still lifes have particular resonance within a context of Comombian meals, birthday tables or references to other particular occasions celebrated there. In addition, Botero shows himself to be deeply aware of the Western traditions of still life painting that have manifested themselves from the Renaissance onward.(...) At times Botero concentrates on just one object, monumentalized out of all proportion to reality. (...)" Fernando Botero stated in an interview: "All the elements of my work as a painter and sculptor spring from the same spirit: namely, from my passion for volumes. This passion was kindled by Italian Art, and especially by the art of the Quattrocento. At twenty, I discovered Florence as an art student, and fell in love with the artists of that era: Masaccio, Pierro della Francesca, Giotto, and many more, all of whom were "volumetric" painters. In no time I realized this was the path I wanted to follow. You can't always explain your choices
at first it's an impulse, and then it becomes radicalized. It's by trying things out, experimenting, that you end up finding the direction that best suits your deepest personality.(...)."(Sullivan, Edward J./Tasset, Jean-Marie: Fernando Botero - Monograph & Catalogue raisonné, Paintings 1975 - 1990, Lausanne 2000, p. 28 und 88)
