Woman Smoking a Cigarette - Fontvieille, Monaco
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Woman Smoking a Cigarette is located in the Princess Grace Rose Garden (Parc de la Roseraie) in the Fontvieille section of Monaco.
Waymark Code: WMV5TV
Location: Monaco
Date Posted: 02/28/2017
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Woman Smoking a Cigarette is a gigantic bronze sculpture created by Columbian sculptor Fernando Botero in 1987. The sculpture is 5' high by 9' long and is set on an inclined stone base. The sculpture is created in Botero's signature style of exaggerated size known as Boterismo.
Woman Smoking a Cigarette depicts a large nude woman with her hair parted on the right side is lying prone on a blanket on an inclined base. Her head is raised and she resting on her folded arms. She is holding a cigarette between her second and third fingers of her right hand.
A bronze plaque on a separate stone base is inscribed:
WOMAN SMOKING
A CIGARETTE
Fernando Botero 1897
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Woman Smoking a Cigarette
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Fernando Botero
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1987
Materials used: Bronze sculpture and plinth; stone base
Location: Princess Grace Rose Garden, Fontvieille, Monaco
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