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Article: Botero on the Avenue. (Fernando Botero) (Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York) (Column)
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- Art in America
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- November 1, 1993
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Temporarily sited along Park Avenue's median strip, 14 monumental bronzes by Fernando Botero bring a hint of Latin sensuality to New York's modernist canyons.
"Have you seen the fat people on Park?" my cab driver asked me one night as we were stuck in traffic. I didn't know at first that he meant the Botero sculptures, but of course I had, for who could have missed them? During rush hour or after dinner, the 14 bronzes by Fernando Botero installed on Park Avenue between 54th and 61st streets have been required viewing, like it or not, for anyone trying to get around the East Side of Manhattan this autumn.
Sponsored by the Public Art Fund, the temporary ...