{"id":51845,"date":"2024-03-06T10:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=51845"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:22:51","slug":"sothebys-ny-my-friend-fernando-botero-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/03\/sothebys-ny-my-friend-fernando-botero-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s New York &#8220;My Friend, Fernando Botero&#8221; Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51851\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51851\" class=\"wp-image-51851 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM-252x300.png\" alt=\"A still-life painting of a bowl of flowers\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM-860x1024.png 860w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM-768x914.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Florero<\/em> by Fernando Botero<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There might be an inverse correlation between the number of lots in a sale and the estimated average value for each painting. And Sotheby\u2019s New York on Friday proved that hypothesis with their very short sale showcasing the Salom\u00f3n and Rosita Lerner collection. Salom\u00f3n Lerner founded Librer\u00eda Lerner, a bookstore that became one of the most significant cultural hubs in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. He and his wife Rosita became close friends with and patrons of the great twentieth-century Colombian master painter Fernando Botero, whose work comprised all but one of the twelve lots featured during the afternoon sale at Sotheby\u2019s. Fernando Botero passed away last September at the age of 91. While he is often remembered as the guy who painted fat people, there is so much more to his work than meets the eye. Botero sought to explore the \u201csensuality of form\u201d by exaggerating the size and shape of living beings and inanimate objects. He applied this technique to portraits of prominent figures like politicians to satirize them. He also extended this to scenes of Colombian domestic life, still lifes, and landscapes. However, one of the unifying themes of Lerner\u2019s collection of Botero\u2019s work is how the Old Masters frequently influenced his work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The sale\u2019s top lot was a painting from 1974 known as\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Florero<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, or\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vase<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Sotheby\u2019s specialists described the work as \u201ca triumph of the volumetric distortion and precise execution that defines\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Boterismo<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u201d Works by the Old Master artists exerted an incredible amount of influence on Botero during his artistic studies. This influence manifests itself here in the form of a floral still-life painting. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Florero<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0no doubt draws upon the tradition of flower paintings that reached its peak\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/76b05b5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1711x2000+0+0\/resize\/2048x2394!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F6e%2F96%2F11b4ac4e44cdb88c120b303bbaa7%2Fl22034-c78cb-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">among Dutch painters during the seventeenth century<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The canvas is absolutely massive, measuring 89 by 75 1\u20444 inches, adding another dimension to the artist&#8217;s exaggeration of size. Florero was estimated to sell for anywhere between $1 million and $1.5 million, with the hammer coming down at $2.2 million (or $2.72 million w\/p).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51850\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51850\" class=\"wp-image-51850 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM-300x216.png\" alt=\"A painting showing a suited man and a nude woman playing cards\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.08-PM.png 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jugando a las cartas<\/em> by Fernando Botero<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moving on from still-life, next was a domestic scene called\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jugando a las cartas<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, or\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Playing Cards<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Again, Sotheby\u2019s specialists drew links back to Old Master paintings and even works by the nineteenth-century modernists. Groups of people playing cards have been a popular subject in Western art for centuries, with the cheaters seen in works\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8e\/Caravaggio_%28Michelangelo_Merisi%29_-_The_Cardsharps_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">by Caravaggio<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Furthermore, the small figure in the servant\u2019s outfit with a tray of drinks evokes\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/66\/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_%E2%80%93_El_buf%C3%B3n_el_Primo_%28Museo_del_Prado%2C_1644%29.jpg\/1200px-Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_%E2%80%93_El_buf%C3%B3n_el_Primo_%28Museo_del_Prado%2C_1644%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Velazquez\u2019s portraits, including the Spanish court dwarves<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The small servant, as well as the door with the key and its lock, suggests that this is taking place in some private room, part of a larger casino or restaurant. Sotheby\u2019s specialists predicted\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jugando a las cartas<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to sell for between $1 million and $1.5 million, selling for slightly above estimate at $1.85 million (or $2.3 million w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51849\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51849\" class=\"wp-image-51849 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM-260x300.png\" alt=\"A painting of a woman standing in front of a wall of paintings.\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM-888x1024.png 888w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM-768x885.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.31.54-PM.png 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>La coleccionista<\/em> by Fernando Botero<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lastly, in third place was Botero\u2019s 1974 painting\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La coleccionista<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Again, following the recurring theme of Old Master influence, Botero draws upon a common painting genre between\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e1\/David_Teniers_the_Younger_-_Archduke_Leopold_William_in_his_Gallery_at_Brussels_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the seventeenth<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artuner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/958px-Carl_Johann_Spielter_In_the_artists_studio.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">nineteenth centuries<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. These paintings show the interior of a museum, private collection, or artist\u2019s workshop, with paintings decorating the walls. In Botero\u2019s rendition, we see a conservatively dressed woman standing before a wall of paintings, likewise in Botero\u2019s style. These paintings range from still life to landscapes to portraits and others.\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La coleccionista<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0hit the high end of its estimate range, selling for $600K (or $762,000 w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There weren\u2019t many surprises during the sale since only twelve lots were available. The only lot that qualifies was Botero\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artnet.com\/WebServices\/images\/ll00002lldvq7JFgneECfDrCWBHBc1byG\/fernando-botero-en-la-arena.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">En la arena<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a 1986 painting of a trio of matadors mingling with each other before or after a bullfight. Botero was sent by his uncle to a bullfighting school at the age of twelve, making him very familiar with the manners and lives of matadors. Sotheby\u2019s specialists gave the painting a relatively low estimate, expecting it to sell for no more than $200K. However, it ended up selling for more than double at $420K (or $533.4K w\/p). Of the twelve available lots, three sold within their estimate ranges, giving Sotheby&#8217;s specialists an accuracy rate of 27%. Most of the lots, seven in total (64%), sold above estimate. Meanwhile, the only painting not by Botero,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artnet.com\/WebServices\/images\/ll00008lldvq7JFgneECfDrCWBHBc1byG\/claudio-bravo-still-life.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a still-life by the Chilean hyperrealist painter Claudio Bravo<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, is the only lot that was bought in. The entire sale was predicted to bring in no more than $6.11 million. Since close to two-thirds of the lots sold above estimate, the sale surpassed this number. The final total eventually came to $7.27 million (or $9.1 million w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There might be an inverse correlation between the number of lots in a sale and the estimated average value for each painting. And Sotheby\u2019s New York on Friday proved that hypothesis with their very short sale showcasing the Salom\u00f3n and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/03\/sothebys-ny-my-friend-fernando-botero-sale\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[923,924,925,207,20,15,120,58,11,9],"class_list":["post-51845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-20th-century-art","tag-20th-century-colombian-art","tag-20th-century-south-american-art","tag-auction-news","tag-auction-results","tag-comments-on-the-art-market","tag-modern-art","tag-old-masters","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sotheby&#039;s New York &quot;My Friend, Fernando Botero&quot; 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