Fernando Botero (1932-2023) - Femme debout

Femme debout

oil on canvas
153 cms x 89.5 cms (60.25 ins x 35.25 ins)
Signed and dated 1982 and on verso titled on a label and inscribed "7162 - 63" / "18489/4" and with various numbers
made in 1982
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fall 2018 Live auction" held on Wed, Nov 21, 2018.
Lot 050
Estimate: CAD $500,000 - $700,000
Realised: CAD $811,249

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Galerie Beyeler, Basel

R.L. Feighn, New York

James Goodman Gallery, New York

Rachel Adler Gallery, New York

Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York

Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach

Opera Gallery, Paris, 2005

Property of an Important Estate, British Columbia

Literature:
Marie-Pierre Colle, Latin American Artists in Their Studios, 1994, page 44

Ana María Escallón, Botero: New Works on Canvas, 1997, pages 12, 13 and 23

Edward Sullivan, Botero: Monograph & Catalogue Raisonné Paintings 1975 - 1990, 2000, reproduced page 326, plate 505

David Elliott, Fernando Botero, Moderna Museet, 2001, essay by Mario Vargas Llosa, pages 18 and 19

Carlos Fuentes, Botero Women, 2003, pages 57 and 218
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
Femme debout by artist Fernando Botero