Fernando Botero

Mona Lisa

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Fernando Botero

b. 1932

Mona Lisa

signed Botero, titled and dated 12-6-59 (lower left); indistinctly signed Botero, titled and dated 12-6-59 (upper right)

charcoal and pastel on paper laid down on panel

52⅞ by 43½ in.

134.3 by 110.5 cm.

Executed on 6 December 1959.

Alba Lucía Ruz, Colombia (acquired in 1959)
Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Miami (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 1985 by the present owner

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, 2013, pl. 65, p. 167, illustrated in color