Nature Morte
1973
Botero's 1973 still life painting showcases the artist's distinctive exaggerated volumetric style applied to everyday objects. The work demonstrates his characteristic approach to form and proportion.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session
November 18, 2021
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Artists in conversation
Rufino Tamayo
Mexican · b. 1899
Tamayo created bold, voluminous still life compositions with a distinctly Latin American sensibility, using rich color and exaggerated rounded forms that echo Botero's monumental approach to everyday objects.
Diego Rivera
Mexican · b. 1886
Rivera's still life paintings share Botero's emphasis on weighty, generous forms and vibrant color applied to commonplace subjects, rooted in a Latin American modernist tradition that celebrates physical abundance and solidity.
Carel Weight
British · b. 1908
Weight painted everyday subjects with exaggerated, rounded figurative qualities and a heightened sense of volume and proportion, creating works that carry a similarly playful yet substantial treatment of familiar objects and scenes.
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