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Fernando Botero

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Fernando Botero pursued excellence in art for sixty-five restless years, mastering many techniques and creating a formidable oeuvre of more than 3,000 paintings, over 200 sculptures, and at least 12,000...

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Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz, a former diplomat to the United Nations, is an independent art curator for museums around the world. As an art critic and author, she has contributed to publications including Spanish, Italian, German and Mexican Vogue; The Art Newspaper and The Observer in the UK; Beaux Arts and L’Œil in France; El País and AD in Spain; and La Repubblica in Italy. She has written twelve books, including Balthus, Santiago Calatrava, Ai Weiwei and Fernando Botero and Jorge Luis Borges & María Kodama: The Infinite Encounter for Assouline. She has curated exhibitions in major institutions around the world on Rubens, Balthus, Fernando Botero, Santiago Calatrava, Manolo Blahnik, Picasso, and 2000 Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian. Over the years, she has worked with Arthemisia, Italy’s leading company for organizing art exhibitions, as well as photography archive management company Iconic Images. Her work includes partnerships with galleries such as Marlborough in New York and White Cube in London and collaborations with many artists, chief among them Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Ai Weiwei, Harland Miller, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid.

The Ultimate Collection

Fernando Botero

$1,050

I have never found anything in life that fulfills me as much or gives me as much pleasure and peace as painting does.

— Fernando Botero

In the details

Ultimate Collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with color plates hand-tipped on art-quality paper, each page of this limited-edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan.

In the details

Each purchase comes with complimentary white handling gloves and our signature tote bag.

Page count

152 pages

Number of illustrations

100

Language

English

Released on

November 2016

Dimensions

W 15.55 x L 18.7 x D 33 in

Cover materials

Hand-bound limited edition in a linen clam-shell case

ISBN

9781614284734

Weight

20.0 lb

Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz

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Since 2019, Assouline has partnered with the non-profit organization One Tree Planted in their joint mission to create a more sustainable world. Through this partnership, Assouline plants one tree for every book sold. Once these trees reach maturity, Assouline aims to create a sustainable cycle by sourcing paper from the trees it has planted.

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Ultimate Gift Wrapping

Assouline signature gift wrapping is available. When this option is selected, books are wrapped in a special white matte gift wrapping paper – sourced specifically by the Assouline family for an authentic approach and sealed with the brand’s signature red wax seal for the final touch of luxury.

THE ART OF LUXURY BOOKMAKING

Since its beginnings in 1994, Assouline has been dedicated to creating books that are as informational as they are beautiful works of art. The respect for the product and the process of creation is evident in every facet – the traditional technique of hand-binding covers, the imagery that transports the reader to another place and time, the luxurious thickness of each page.

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THE ULTIMATE TOWER

Assouline’s Ultimate Tower serves as a stylish new way for our readers to prominently display our most iconic collection. Crafted in a matte-black metal with the Assouline logo engraved on front of its base, the stand is capable of holding ten Assouline Ultimate titles and is a must-have for every culture connoisseur.

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