Reclining Nude

Fernando Botero

1984

  • Titles Reclining Nude (Proper)
  • Artist Fernando Botero, Colombian, born 1932 - died 2023
  • Medium bronze
  • Dimensions 86 1/4 x 42 x 25 1/2 in. (219.1 x 106.7 x 64.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ireland in memory of his sister, Countess Colleen Ireland DeTigny; the Art Fund, Inc.; the 1985 Museum Dinner and Ball; and other funds, 1985.292, image © Fernando Botero, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture
  • On View

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