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Tuesday 13th December 2016

Fernando Botero, ‘Man on Horse”, Bronze

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Gander & White recently handled the transport of a monumental sculpture; Fernando Botero, ‘Man on Horse”, Bronze. 11.6 feet tall by 92” long by 62 “ wide and weighting at over 3,300 lbs. from a Private Collection in the USA. The projects required the use a an extending all terrain fork lift, a 17 Ton crane and needed to be crated so as to travel on its side on a flatbed trailer.

Bronze sculpture transportation of Fernando Botero Man on Horse in the US.

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