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Artists›Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero

1932–2023

WA-00021580

PaintingContemporary

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

27

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ272877

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Extraordinary Men

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Latin-American Art, 1931�1966, from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961–1962

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Theholehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/fernando-botero
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/fernando-botero
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/fernando-botero
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/693
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Man on Horseback

98 3/8 × 76 × 52 in. (249.9 × 193 × 132.1 cm) Weight: 5511.5 lb. (2500 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dancing in Colombia

1980 · Oil on canvas

74 × 91 in. (188 × 231.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Street Scene

1976 · Graphite on paper

43.2 × 35.2 cm (17 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Painter of Still Lifes

Painter of Still Lifes

1975 · Pencil on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Woman in a Bathtub

Woman in a Bathtub

1974 · Pencil on paper

17 1/8 x 14" (43.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Presidential Family

The Presidential Family

1967 · Oil on canvas

6' 8 1/2" x 6' 5 1/4" (203.5 x 196.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mona Lisa, Age Twelve

Mona Lisa, Age Twelve

1959 · Oil and tempera on canvas

6' 11 1/8" x 6' 5" (211 x 195.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 11 catalogued · 9 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
The Met
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Fernando Botero (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

5

Movements1

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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