After Botero’s death, his works fetched high prices at auction

Auction houses start profiting from work by artist Fernando Botero, who He died of pneumonia on September 15 at the age of 91.. As a result, his works have been up for auction since last September, and after his death, prices reached crazy levels.They will be on sale this November Eight paintings by the artistin addition to two sculptures from his catalogue.

As soon as the Colombians died, they sold Four of his oil paintings in September

which stands out man eating and in the square,Reached 800,000 euros and 1 million euros, respectively. These prices are in no way comparable to auction prices. One of his most important works, musicianswill be released again, with an expected price of approximately 3.5 million euros, regardless of the 2016 value of €1.6 million. on the other hand, About Cézanne and rosalba They have been out for more than one million euros per person.Likewise, his work Nude in front of the mirror and his sculptures Umo a horse knot, they will overcome million euros per piece.

Sketch, also to be auctioned

In addition to his completed works, Sketches also go up for auction.This is a background situation opera carmen, will be auctioned on November 16 at the Morton Latin American Art Auction in Mexico.The price range for this sketch is 376,780.95 and 444,810.84 Euros.

The work, created in 1994, shows the extensive anatomy of two matadors, with pencil annotations made by the artist appearing as it was a sketch of the final work. This is an oil painting on canvas drawn with graphite pencil, measuring 1.31 meters, inspired by Jacques d’Amboise, principal dancer of the New York City Ballet.