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Complete book, first volume of the series The Other Museum – Major Monographs directed by Francis Delille, including 66 reproductions of drawings and paintings accompanied by a text by Mario Vargas Llosa, enriched with two color offset lithographs, each signed in pencil and annotated XXX/L, as well as a photogravure titled Self-portrait as Ambassador signed and annotated 'Bon à tirer', and signed by Francis Delille with an annotation on the back. Also signed and numbered in the colophon
La photogravure est authentifiée au dos par Francis Delille : "The work hereby "Autoportrait en ambassadeur" by Fernando, is the one and only proof of this plate signed by Fernando Botero.
The reference "Bon à tirer" hand written by the artist, authorizes teh reproduction in the book "Dessins et aquarelles" (Drawings and Watercolors) of Botero/Mario Vargas Llosa. Plate number 12."
Francis Delille. Director "L'autre Musée", 103 rue Lafayette 75010 Paris