Artist:  Botero
Title: Reclined Woman
Size:  7 x 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Medium: Bronze 
Edition:  5 of 6 
Year:  1976
Notes: Inscribed 'Botero 5/6' with Foundry Mark. Artwork is in Good condition. 

About: Reclining women have long been central to Fernando Botero’s sculptural language, embodying his instantly recognizable style of expanded, harmonious volumes. These figures celebrate sensuality, presence, and the physicality of the human form, yet they also operate on multiple conceptual levels. While their generous proportions evoke classical ideals and pre-Columbian aesthetics, they carry subtle layers of social commentary, irony, and humor, as noted by leading institutions and galleries. Themes of abundance, fertility, femininity, and cultural identity are embedded in their rounded contours. Through this distinctive visual vocabulary, Botero transforms the familiar reclining nude into a form that is both monumental and intimate, inviting viewers to reconsider beauty, power, and the expressive potential of volume.