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Fernando Botero — Bird
Fernando Botero — Bird
Fernando Botero

Bird

1981

This bronze sculpture depicts a rotund bird rendered in the characteristic style of exaggerated, voluptuous forms. The figure features a prominent rounded body with stubby legs and feet firmly planted on the ground, while one wing is raised expressively upward. The sculpture is mounted on a dark rectangular base that provides contrast to the warm patina of the cast bronze. The work exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to animal subject matter, transforming a simple avian form into a monumental, almost anthropomorphic presence through generous proportions and playful modeling.

Medium
bronze
Overall

Notes

Contemporary Day Auction, Sotheby's, sale on 2026-05-15.

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Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $350,000$550,000

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Fernando Botero, Bird, 1981

This bronze sculpture depicts a rotund bird rendered in the characteristic style of exaggerated, voluptuous forms. The figure features a prominent rounded body with stubby legs and feet firmly planted on the ground, while one wing is raised expressively upward. The sculpture is mounted on a dark rectangular base that provides contrast to the warm patina of the cast bronze. The work exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to animal subject matter, transforming a simple avian form into a monumental, almost anthropomorphic presence through generous proportions and playful modeling.

Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 43.2 x 25.4 x 38.1 cm
Year
1981
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bird Figure, Modern Sculpture, Figurative Bronze, Bronze Sculpture, Abstract Realism, Seated Fowl, Expressive Animal, Monumental Form, Patinated Metal, Contemporary Art

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Collected by

Sebastián Naranjo