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Fernando Botero: career timeline

Colombian · 1932–2023 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 163 of 204 lots (80% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Fernando Botero: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s10—Watercolor
1950s112$136kSign upOil
1960s1811$214kSign upOil
1970s4335$28.4kSign upLithograph
1980s4435$7.5kSign upLithograph
1990s1713$161kSign upSculpture
2000s2217$279kSign upSculpture
2010s32$163kSign upDrawing

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1940s 1 work

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0 of 1
Median
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Average
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Typical size
28.5 × 21 in (73 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1)
Subjects
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1950s 11 works

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2 of 11
Median
$136kSign up
Average
$136kSign up
Typical size
20 × 16.5 in (51 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Drawing (3), Other (3)
Subjects
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1960s 18 works

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11 of 18
Median
$214kSign up
Average
$200kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 19.5 in (47 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Oil (11), Watercolor (2), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Flowers & still life (2)
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1970s 43 works

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35 of 43
Median
$28.4kSign up
Average
$98.3kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 23.5 in (58 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (14), Drawing (12), Oil (6)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (5), Birds (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 44 works

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35 of 44
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$192kSign up
Typical size
15 × 14 in (38 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (16), Sculpture (10), Drawing (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 17 works

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13 of 17
Median
$161kSign up
Average
$195kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 18 in (49 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (8), Drawing (3), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 5 more (1990s)

2000s 22 works

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17 of 22
Median
$279kSign up
Average
$245kSign up
Typical size
16 × 17.5 in (41 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (7), Oil (5), Watercolor (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (2), Beach scenes (1)
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2010s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$163kSign up
Average
$163kSign up
Typical size
47.5 × 38 in (121 × 97 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

40 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$73.8kSign up
Typical size
20 × 18.5 in (51 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Sculpture (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

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10 of 13
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$29.3kSign up
Typical size
19 × 14 in (49 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Lithograph (3), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works

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11 of 19
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$19.4kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17.5 in (40 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (5), Other (4), Drawing (4)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Fernando Botero auction results →