Fernando Botero

Artist Nancy Lee Katz (American, 1947 - 2018)

DateOctober 23, 1987; printed 2018-2022

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (25.56 × 27.78 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 inches (35.56 × 27.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael S. Sachs

Object number2022.32.8

SignedOn sheet recto, bottom, in blind stamp: [signature]

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Fernando Botero 10/23/1987"

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DescriptionPortrait of a man, Fernando Botero, looking though a magnifier with one eye so that it appears enlarged. He is in the lower right corner of the frame and behind him is a painting of a large woman with small features; she's wearing a hat which is slightly tilted to one side, earrings, and a patterned top.Provenance

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Michael Sachs, Westport, Connecticut; given to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.

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