BOTERO, FERNANDO1932 Medellin/ColumbiaTitle: Le Matin. Date: 1981/82. Technique: Bronze, black patinated. Measurement: 168 x 93 x 63cm. Notation: Signed and numbered on the base: Botero 3/6. Foundry Mark: Verso on the base foundry mark: Susse fondeur Paris. Number: 3/6. We are grateful to Mr Luis Fernando Pradilla Rodríguez, Madrid, for the kind scientiic support.Provenance:- Foundation Veranneman, Belgium- Private collection South Germany- Botero is the most successful contemporary Colombian artist that can look back at a comprehensive and unique oevre in the year of his 90th birthday- The monumentality of his voluminous and sensual figures is particularly expressed in his sculptures- "Le Matin" reminds of Diana of Ephesus, goddess of fertility, who has already been picturesquely captures by Renaissance painters.