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Botero, Fernando,
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Woman with Umbrella, (sculpture).
Artist:
Botero, Fernando, 1932-2023, sculptor.
Title:
Woman with Umbrella, (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 89 3/8 x 36 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.; Base: approx. H. 16 1/2 in. x W. 18 in.
Inscription:
(Incised on top of bronze base, on back:) Botero E/A 2/2 signed
Description:
A large woman holding a small umbrella in her right hand which only covers her head. The sculpture has a brown patina.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Accessory -- Umbrella
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Kansas
--
Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Wichita
State
University
, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 North Fairmount,
Wichita
,
Kansas
67260 Accession Number: 84.5.2
Located
Wichita
State
University
, South of Math Physics Building,
Wichita
,
Kansas
Provenance:
Gift of Ablah, George & Virginia,
Wichita
,
Kansas
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift of Virginia & George Ablah, April 5, 1984, purchased through Marlborough Gallery in 1983. IAS files contain copy of
University
museum catalog sheet.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Kansas
,
Wichita
survey, 1993.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet)
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 83.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 42.
Ratcliff, Carter, "Botero," Abbeville Press, Inc., NY: 1980, pl. 196-197.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 83.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 88410080
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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