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Fernando Botero Biography
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1932 |
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Born: Medellin, Colombia
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1950 |
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Graduated from Medellin University
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1952 |
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Studied, San Fernando Academy, Madrid
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1953 - 1955 |
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Studied fresco techniques and art history, Florence
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1960 |
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Takes up residence in New York. Wins Guggenheim National Prize for Colombia
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1973 |
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Moves to Paris where he now lives and works
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Fernando Botero currently lives and works in Paris, Monte Carlo, Pietrasanta and New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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"Latitudes," Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2009
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Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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"The Baroque World of Fernando Botero," Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
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2007 - 2008
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Botero: Oeuvres récentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco, November 22, 2007 – January 25, 2008 (solo)
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2007
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Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, California, January 29 – March 23, 2007 (solo)
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2007
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The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada, January-April 2007 (solo)
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2007
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Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, March – June, 2008 (solo)
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2007
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New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans, LA) - June-September 2008 (solo)
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2007
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Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 - September
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2007
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Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, August 26 – November 4
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2006
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Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, January 5 – 28, 2006
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2006
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Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 22 - September 5
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2006
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Fernando Botero, Athens Concert Hall, Greece, May 24 – September 10 (solo)
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2006
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Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, October 18-November 18 (solo)
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2005
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Landscape, Cityscape, Marlborough Gallery, New York
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2005
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Palazzo Venezia, Rome
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2004
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The Art Museum, Singapore
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2003
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The Doge’s Palace and other locations, Venice
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2003
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The Gemeente Museum, Aja
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2003
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The Maillol Museum, Paris
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2002
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Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
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2001
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Moderna Musset, Stockholm
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2000
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The Museum of Antioquìa, Medellìn
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1998 - 1999
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San Paolo Museum of Art, San Paolo
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1998 - 1999
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The National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro
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1998 - 1999
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The Monterey Museum of Contemporary Art
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1998 - 1999
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The Art Museum, Tel Aviv
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1997
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The Modern Art Museum of Lugano
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1997
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The National Musuum of Fine Arts, Santiago
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1996
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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1996
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The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.
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1996
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Niigata Prefectoral Modern Art Museum, Niigata
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1996
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Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju
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1996
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The Sofia Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas
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1994 - 1995
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Museo of Art, Takamatsu City
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1994 - 1995
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Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Mitsukoshi
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1994 - 1995
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Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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1994
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Helsinki City Art Museum
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1994
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The National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos, Aires
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1994
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Paseo de Recolet, Madrid
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1994
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
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1994
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Paseo de Recoletes, Madrid
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1994
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Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
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1992 - 1993
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Montecarlo Kunsthaus, Vienna
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1992 - 1993
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Champs-Elysées, Paris
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1992 - 1993
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The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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1991
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Exhibition Palace, Rome
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1989
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The Coro Museum of the Arts
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1989
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The Contemporary Museum of Art, Caracas
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1989
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The Rufino Tamayo Museum
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1987
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The Queen Sofia Center for the Arts, Madrid
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1986
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The Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas
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1986
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Municipal Art Museum, Niigata
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1986
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Museum of Art, Alòbany
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1985
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The National Museum, Bogota
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1985
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The Ponce Museum, Puerto Rico
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1984
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The Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
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1984
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The Everhard Museum, Scranton
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1984
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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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1983
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The Veranneman Foundation, Belgium
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1981
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The Civic Museum of Art, Osaka
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1981
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The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
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1979
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The d’Ixelles Museum, Brussels
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1979
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The Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
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1979
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The South Texas Museum of Art
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1978
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Sculpture Museum of the city of MarlMarl
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1977
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The Medellìn Museum of Art, Medellìn
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1976
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The Museum of Comtemporary Art, Caracas
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1975
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The Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
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1972
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Marlborough Gallery, New York
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1972
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Claude Bernard, Paris
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1970
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Staatliche Kunsthalle. Fernando Botero: Bilder 1962-1969. Baden-Baden, Germany. Traveled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee; Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Kunstverein; and Bielefeld, Kunsthalle.
Galerie Buchholz. Botero. Munich, Germany.
Hanover Gallery. Fernando Botero, London, England.
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1969
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Center for Inter-American Relations. Fernando Botero. Catalogue, foreword by Stanton L. Catlin, essay by Klaus Gallwitz. New York, U.S.A.
Galerie Claude Bernard. Botero: Peintures, pastels, fusains. Paris, France.
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1969
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Inflated Images, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1968
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Galería Juana Mordó. Botero. Madrid, Spain.
Galerie Buchholz. Botero. Munich, Germany.
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1966
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Staatliche Kunsthalle. Fernando Botero. Catalogue, text by Daniel Robbins. Baden-Baden,Germany.
Traveled to Munich, Galerie Buchholz. Hanover, Galerie Brusberg. Fernando Botero: Olbilder und Zeichnungen.
Milwaukee Art Center. Fernando Botero: Recent Works. Catalogue, foreword by Tracy Atkinson. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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1965
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Zora Gallery. Botero: Recent Works. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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1964
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Cordoba Bienale, Argentina
Galería Arte Moderno. Fernando Botero: Bosquejos realidades. Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Arte Moderno. Fernando Botero: Obras recientes. Bogotá, Colombia.
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1962
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7 Contemporary Painters, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota
Gres Gallery. Botero. Chicago, U.S.A.
The Contemporaries. Botero. New York, U.S.A.
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1961
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Galería de Arte El Callejón. Botero. Bogotá, Colombia.
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1960
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Gres Gallery. Botero. Washington D.C., U.S.A.
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1959
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Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, Sala Gregorio Vásquez. Botero: Obras recientes. Bogotá, Colombia.
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1958
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Galería Antonio Souza. Fernando Botero: Oleos. Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Gres Gallery. Fernando Botero: Recent Oils, Watercolors, Drawings.
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
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1957
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Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
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1955
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Biblioteca Nacional, Bogota
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1951
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Leo Matiz Gallery, Bogota
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