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Fernando Botero — The Bride
Fernando Botero

The Bride

2009

This painting depicts a bride in a flowing white wedding dress and veil, holding a bouquet of white flowers tied with a pink ribbon. The figure is shown in profile, facing left, with distinctive reddish auburn hair adorned with flowers. The composition features a simplified interior space with warm earth tones, a decorative border, and a small framed artwork visible on the wall behind the subject. The work exemplifies a style characterized by volumetric forms and a romanticized treatment of the bridal subject.

Medium
oil on canvas
Overall

Notes

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

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $700,000$1,000,000

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Fernando Botero, The Bride, 2009

This painting depicts a bride in a flowing white wedding dress and veil, holding a bouquet of white flowers tied with a pink ribbon. The figure is shown in profile, facing left, with distinctive reddish auburn hair adorned with flowers. The composition features a simplified interior space with warm earth tones, a decorative border, and a small framed artwork visible on the wall behind the subject. The work exemplifies a style characterized by volumetric forms and a romanticized treatment of the bridal subject.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 170.2 x 99.1 cm
Year
2009
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Interior Space, Figurative Painting, 20th Century, Ceremonial Dress, Floral Bouquet, Portraiture, Profile Figure, Oil Painting, Romantic Subject, Contemporary Art, Latin American Art, Bride Portrait, Wedding Theme, Symbolic Flowers, White Wedding Dress

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Collected by

Sebastián Naranjo