NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's Private Sales will present Fernando Botero: Selected Works, a curated selling exhibition, showcasing a selection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper, available for immediate purchase. The exhibition will be open at Christie's New York September 12th through October 8th and spans seven decades of production, providing a comprehensive view of Botero's unparalleled artistic achievements and his enduring legacy.
Kristen France, Head of Department, Latin American Art, comments, “We are delighted to bring Fernando Botero: Selected Works to life here at our iconic Rockefeller Center location and online, as we kick off an exciting fall season of sales at Christie's New York. The works presented in this special selling exhibition will take viewers on a visual journey of Botero's life through art, from his very modest beginnings as an ambitious young man, newly arrived in New York in the 1960s, to the apex of his ever-ascending career. Today, Botero's works are recognized and celebrated across the globe—from monumental sculptures featured in public plazas, to paintings and drawings housed in some of the most important museums and private collections. This exhibition features a wonderful selection of works in a range of price points for collectors at every stage of their journey.”
Highlights from the exhibition span mediums and era, including Boy in a Garden, painted in 1966, Woman on a Horse, a sculpture from 2015, and one of the artist's largest sculptures ever executed, Reclining Venus from 1989. Botero's oeuvre is highlighted by his singular style of incorporating rotund, whimsical figures and objects, often suffused with a subtle brand of satire. He manipulates space and perspective to draw attention to the monumentality of his figures and explores volume and sensuality of form in subjects ranging from reinterpretations of Classical subjects and Old Master paintings, to scenes from everyday life.
Christie's holds the record price for Botero at auction, established in 2023 with the sale of The Musicians for $5,132,000 in New York.
