Photographer's note: "Botero was born April 19, 1932, in Medellín, Colombia. He was heavily influenced by the Spanish Colonial art that surrounded him as a child. In 1960 Botero moved to New York. His easily recognisable paintings of round, corpulent humans and animals became well known to the American art world. In the early '70s Botero moved to Paris and began creating sculptures in addition to painted works on canvas. During the 1980s, Botero's work became quite popular and began to command a high price in the marketplace. In 1992 one of his paintings depicting a brothel scene sold for $1.5 million, a record for a Botero at auction. The five-ton bronze nude, Broadgate Venus, is one of his largest outdoor pieces."
This is part of the Job: 2K/15972 Broadgate Centre, City Of London; within the Volume: VF000071 Broadgate Centre, City Of London; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Photographer: Kendall, Derek
Sculpture, Public Square